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What do volcanoes, cholera and the Port of #QuebecCity have in common? 🤔 They’re all part of how Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial NHS came to be! Learn more ➡ youtu.be/RRdJIA5Hh4w Listen #ReCollections wherever you get your podcasts and here: ow.ly/Pg7x50NLSR4

Une expérience profondément émouvante que de visiter l'emblématique Grosse-Île au Québec 🇨🇦 Plus de 500 000 émigrants 🇮🇪 sont passés par l'ancienne station de quarantaine, dont 100 000 rien qu'en 1847, et malheureusement, 5 424 Irlandais sont enterrés ici dans une fosse commune

We're delighted to celebrate the Irish National Day at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai June 14th! 🇮🇪 Ireland will be centre stage with a full day of Irish culture, music and festivities at the Ireland Pavilion Ireland at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai and across the Expo site! 🎌 Ireland.ie/Expo #IrelandJapan2025

🇨🇦🇮🇪 A powerful day of remembrance in Ottawa. On June 14, bronze shoes were unveiled at Macdonald Gardens Park—marking their place on #GlobalIrishFamineWay The bronze shoes honour those who fled famine in 1847 & the Bytown citizens who showed them compassion. #IrishFamineWay

Thank you to Caroilin Callery, founder of National and Global Famine Way who travelled to Ottawa for the unveiling. Speakers included John Concannon, Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada joined by Bryan O'Gallagher, Ireland’s honorary consul to Québec and local dignitaries.

The event was a solemn and inspiring reminder of the enduring ties between Canada and Ireland, and the shared history that continues to connect our peoples across generations and oceans.

A sincere thank you to the Ottawa 1847 Irish Famine Monument Committee, Global Irish Famine Way Chapter, and all volunteers and supporters who made this historic commemoration possible. #Ottawa1847 #GlobalIrishFamineWay #IrishFamineWay #FamineMemorial

National Famine Way LophiusPat 🇨🇦 IrishCentral EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park Canada in Ireland Parks Canada Irish Embassy Canada Ambassador John Concannon Eamonn McKee Canada Thank you for letting us be part of it. Our Chair, Oscar, gave a brief message in Irish, English and French languages. Good to see former ambassador Eamonn McKee again.

Irish writing resonates all over our world, in every major language   This June, we are broadening our celebration of James Joyce and Ulysses to “Bloomsday and Beyond: Celebrating Ireland, Island of Writers” 📝  Learn more here: 👉 ireland.ie/bloomsday-2025

Ambassador Concannon, together with Mayor Suthcliffe, Ottawa City Counsellors, MPs James Maloney & Mona Fortier, Ottawa Irish Famine Committee, & Caroilin Callery, founder Global Famine Way, was honoured to participate in the launch of the Global Famine Way “Bronze Shoes” 🇮🇪🫶🏻🇨🇦

Honouring Indigenous Famine Aid from Quebec and Ireland Lacrosse pays tribute to indigenous nations from Quebec who contributed to Irish Famine relief in 1847. youtube.com/watch?v=Chja59… Funded by the Gov. of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme

Amb Concannon & Mary Concannon visited Grosse Île Irish Memorial National Historic Site with Hon Con for QC Bryan O'Gallagher The delegation received a tour from Parks Canada of the site where 5000+ Irish victims of the famine were buried. A significant piece of 🇮🇪&🇨🇦 Heritage

One year from today, 1 July 2026, Ireland will take on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union 🇪🇺 The Presidency is an opportunity for Ireland to lead the European policy agenda and deliver results for citizens, communities and businesses across the EU.

Team Ireland is getting ready to take on the Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026! 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Really glad to join Simon Harris TD in welcoming guests to Iveagh House to mark the 365 day countdown to our EU Presidency. For more info via Irish Foreign Ministry ➡️ gov.ie/en/department-…

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦! I was honoured to have the opportunity to celebrate Canada Day with Prime Minister Mark Carney today. Congratulations to everyone involved in the wonderful Fête Du Canada concert in Ottawa 👏🏻👏🏻 Canada at its very best 🇮🇪🫶🏻🇨🇦 Mark Carney

Calgary Stampeed is the biggest event in Canada 🙌🏻 It was an honour to meet Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith & talk about the incredibly strong Alberta Irish linkages The 1st Stampeed was funded by Irish Canadian, Patrick Burns, parents came from Mayo in Famine of 1847🇨🇦🇮🇪

Amb Concannon was honoured to accompany James Maloney MP Chairman of Irish Canadian inter-parliamentary group in meetings today incl with the Taoiseach & Irish Government Ministers responsible for Enterprise, Diaspora, Fisheries, & Chair of Ireland Canada parliamentary group🇮🇪🇨🇦

We were honoured to have General John de Chastelain for our Panel Discussion: Canada and Ireland – Peacebuilders in a Changing World, acknowledging General de Chastelain’s important work that led to the Good Friday Agreement. Read more here: ireland.ie/en/canada/otta… (1/2)

Panellists included Justice Renee Pomerance of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and Sonja Hyland, Deputy Secretary General, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; moderated by David Walmsley Editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail. (2/2)

A heartfelt message for the unveiling ceremony of the Bronze Shoes in Saint-Colomban from Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada, John Concannon. With @irlembcanada #GlobalIrishFamineWay #IrishFamineWay #missing1490