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National Famine Walk is a memorial path in County Dublin, Ireland, where people remember the Great Irish Famine. In May 1847, children and families walked from Strokestown to Dublin, hoping to catch ships to North America. The path still carries that hunger, not as lesson but as warning: when systems fail, the young walk first.
Shoe Stories by Marita Conlon-McKenna: My name is Daniel Tighe. I am 12 years old. In May 1847, the worst year of the Great Irish Famine, I walked this path from Strokestown to Dublin heading for a ship and in hope of a new life in North America. Follow
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