Irish Memorial Phila

Designed by renowned sculptor Glenna Goodacre, installed in 2003, speaks to profound importance of the historic role of all immigrants in building America.

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https://t.co/BgOtqtBl6P. In Honor of Glenna Goodacre. https://t.co/lfee4Ww8AA

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#LaFheilePadraig Happy Saint Patrick's Day to All!

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Calling all friends of the Irish Memorial we are having a site clean-up on Saturday March 7th at 8:30am, at our location on 2nd & Front Street. We're looking for all the help we can get! We have all the supplies. We hope to see you there. Your Irish Memorial thanks you in advance

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Check out what #TheIrishMemorial & #GhostShip (at Race Street Pier now!) have in common. Visit this great art installation and also visit (the link) and just try not to be moved as you listen to a letter from 1845 during The Great Hunger.

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The weather was perfect for our quarterly Flag Raising ceremony on Sunday, June 2nd at The Irish Memorial! We would like to say thank you to everyone for participating!

Our next Flag Raising will take place in September 2019. Think about attending. check out our website!

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Sunday, June 2nd: Join us before the festival at 11 am for Mass at the Memorial and the 🇺🇸 IM Flag Raising ceremony 🇮🇪! Then head on down to the Irish Festival at Penn’s Landing for more fun!

To learn more: ttp://irishmemorial.org/

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Sunday, June 2nd: Come & Join us at The Irish Memorial at Front & Chestnut St. on Sunday June 2nd, 11 am for outdoor mass followed by our IM Flag Raising Ceremony! Then continue on to The Irish Festival at Penn's Landing! To learn more: https://t.co/kzj2TEr1pY

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HUNGER ON TRIAL: SATURDAY - City Hall 3/30/19 at 10:30 am, Courtroom 653, Sponsored by the Irish Memorial. BE A PART OF HISTORY by being a part of this event. To learn more, check out our website, https://t.co/kzj2TEr1pY

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HUNGER ON TRIAL: City Hall 3/27/19 at 10:30 am, Courtroom 653 and again on 3/30/19 same time and place. BE A PART OF HISTORY by being a part of this event. To learn more, check out our website, https://t.co/kzj2TEr1pY

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#Fox29Philadelphia, was with us on #StPatricksDay2019 ’s day to help celebrate the 17th Annual Commemoration of #AnGortaMór!

To read and see more from #Fox29Philadelphia, check out this link,
https://t.co/2S55X40ZMf

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We hope to see you all tomorrow on St. Patrick’s Day at 11am at The Irish Memorial Philadelphia! Join us and Mayor Kenney, Congressman Brendan Boyle, State Representative Michael Driscoll, Timmy Kelly & Theresa Flanagan Murtagh, The Emerald Pipers, and The McDade dancers!

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We hope to see you all on St. Patrick’s Day at 11am at The Irish Memorial Philadelphia! Join us and Mayor Kenney, Congressman Brendan Boyle, State Representative Michael Driscoll, Timmy Kelly & Theresa Flanagan Murtagh, The Emerald Pipers, and The McDade dancers!

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Big News: When work begins on a new 11-acre park that will run from Front Street to the river. The Irish Memorial will be temporarily relocated. To understand more about this complicated move, visit https://t.co/iYZDLlzOkA. Thank you for your continued support!

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We hope to see you all on St. Patrick’s Day at 11am at The Irish Memorial Philadelphia! Join us and Mayor Kenney, Congressman Brendan Boyle, State Representative Michael Driscoll, Timmy Kelly & Theresa Flanagan Murtagh, The Emerald Pipers, and The McDade dancers!

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Our new feature post series is called My IM. Artist Max Mason tells what and why The Irish Memorial means so much to him. Check out more from this link https://t.co/uLi3CCW2Q6

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#QuinnipiacUniversity collection: Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger is making its final stop in Derry before returning back to the USA! Go to our website to find out more at https://t.co/iYZDLlzOkA

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John Laney, former president of Quinnipiac University, is the recent recipient of Ireland’s Presidential Distinguished Service Award!

Go to our website to find out more at https://t.co/iYZDLlzOkA

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The winning design for a Great Hunger memorial in Glasgow, Scotland has been announced!
Go to our website to learn more about artist John McCarron’s ‘Tower of Silence’ memorial. #irishmemorial #angortamor #thegreathunger #sculpture #Glasgow #artist

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How do you choose to remember The Great Hunger? At the 13th annual St. Patrick’s Society Lecture, #MargaretKelleher spoke about the challenges of remembering such a devastating event and the memorials that commemorate it. Click on the link to read more!
https://t.co/aKJW30LTFz

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Black ‘47 is finally playing at the Roxy Theatre in Philadelphia! To see a groundbreaking film that follows one man’s search for revenge, set during Ireland’s Great Hunger, get your tickets at: https://t.co/5GSJGrAdD0 #black47 #greathunger #philly #ireland #movietwit