United States / Australia / New Zealand / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Natural Disaster / Person Travel / /
Facility
Monument On / Irish Famine Memorial / Irish Famine Monument / St Mary’s Cathedral / /
Holiday
thanksgiving / Commonwealth Day of Australia / /
Organization
Anglican Church / Irish Famine Commemoration Committee / New South Wales Land Titles Office / Presbyterian Church / Janice Currie Academy of Irish Dancing / Irish Government / /
Person
Tom Power / William Deane / Claire Dunne / David Dremin / Dennis Wann / Dean / Brien / Patrick Cassidy / Torres Strait / Mary McAleese / Richard McCracken / Jane Wilde / /
Position
Mayor / Chairman / President / Bishop / Governor-General / going forward / representative / Ambassador / Governor-General of Australia / the Irish Ambassador / Auxiliary Bishop / /
INAUGURATION & UNVEILING On 2 September 1998 Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, removed the first stone from the wall in preparation for the erection of the sculpture. She pledged $55,000 as a gift from the Irish Gover