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SUMMARY:IRISH FAMINE BENEFACTORS AT IRISH CULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING
DESCRIPTION:IRISH FAMINE BENEFACTORS AT IRISH SOCIETY MEETING\nWhen Ir
 eland was in the throes of its nation-altering famine in the middle of
  the nineteenth century, many unexpected benefactors came forward to a
 id the starving people of Ireland.  The kindness of these benefactors
  will be the subject of the guest speaker at the March 12 meeting of t
 he Irish Cultural Society.  The meeting convenes at 7:30 p.m. in the 
 Garden City Library, 60 Seventh Street, across the street from the Gar
 den City Hotel.  The meeting is free and open to the public.\nThe Soc
 iety’s guest speaker is Professor Christine Kinealy.  She will pres
 ent the findings from her research on those who helped the Irish durin
 g the Great Hunger.  Professor Kinealy has published her research dis
 coveries in her book Charity and the Great Hunger: The Kindness of Str
 angers.  People from around the world and from many ethnic and religi
 ous groups, from Quakers to Native Americans, recognizing the magnitud
 e of the calamity in Ireland, gave generously to hunger relief in Irel
 and.  Professor Kinealy will introduce her audience to the kind stran
 gers who have a claim on Irish history.  The book was reviewed on the
  front page of the Irish Echo by editor Ray O’Hanlon. \nChristine K
 inealy is the author of fourteen books on the Great Hunger, including 
 The Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845–52.   Professor Kinealy 
 is professor of Irish Studies at Quinnipiac University and director of
  the University’s newly created Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute.�
 � With its Great Hunger Institute and the presence of Christine Kineal
 y, the goal of Quinnipiac is to make the University the preeminent aut
 hority on the Great Hunger.  The University used Dr. Kinealy’s pict
 ure in its full page ad in Irish America magazine to promote the Insti
 tute as “a scholarly resource for the study of The Great Hunger.”\
 nThe Irish Cultural Society is pleased to bring an eminent Irish Famin
 e scholar to Long Island.  Christine Kinealy’s scholarship, her ani
 mation as a speaker, and her self-effacing humor will make this a memo
 rable meeting. \n\nFor more information visit https://thewildgeese.ir
 ish/events/irish-famine-benefactors-at-irish-cultural-society-meeting
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CATEGORIES:lecture
LOCATION:GARDEN CITY LIBRARY
WEBSITE:http://irish-society.org
URL:http://irish-society.org
CONTACT:516-488-1353
ORGANIZER;CN="John M. Walsh":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/JohnMW
 alsh
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gerry Re
 gan":https://thewildgeese.irish/profile/ger_regan
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John M. 
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