2025 International Famine Commemoration Sunday November 2nd 10am
Ireland's Minister for Culture, Communications, and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD will officiate at the 2025 International Famine Commemoration in Gaelic Park, Chicago on Sunday, November 2nd at 10am.
The ceremony will feature remarks from Minister O’Donovan and Vice President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Patricia Theresa Flynn and a wreath-laying in remembrance of all who suffered, died, or emigrated during the Famine.
This will be the 12th International Famine Commemoration, which has previously been hosted by Irish communities in the United States, Australia and Canada.
The Commemoration will take place at Gaelic Park’s Famine Memorial, which was dedicated in the fall of 1999 in remembrance of the millions of Irish people who died or emigrated due to the Great Famine. The Famine Memorial was designed and sculpted by Father Anthony J Brankin.
