Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario (35:49) shares stories from the city’s descendants of Famine emigrants and members of the Irish Canadian Club of Hamilton near the location of one of Canada’s forgotten Irish burial grounds in Burlington Heights. They offer moving accounts of the growth of Hamilton’s Irish community from the tragic year of 1847 and the establishment of its … [Read more...] about Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario
Canada Ireland Foundation
Dr. Grasett’s Sacrifice
The story of Canadian caregivers who risked their lives to treat typhus-stricken Irish emigrants in Toronto in 1847. The documentary, "Dr. Grasett's Sacrifice," premiering on Sunday June 20, is the story of those who risked their lives to care for Irish famine immigrants arriving in Canada in 1847. It is presented by Canada Ireland Foundation as part of the lead-up to the … [Read more...] about Dr. Grasett’s Sacrifice