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Mayor Jim Kenney at International Great Hunger Commemoration

Mayor Jim Kenney gave the opening speech at The International Great Hunger Commemoration in Philadelphia. His speech was followed by the screening of Rebecca Abbots’ documentary Ireland’s Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora.

 

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