Ireland’s record on migrants has been shameful
Ireland’s record on migrants has been shameful

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By Patsy McGarry (for the Irish Times)

How quickly we forget. When it suits. Last April a small group completed a 155km walk from Strokestown, County Roscommon, to Dublin, in memory of 1,490 people offered assisted passage to Canada by landlord Maj Denis Mahon as he cleared his lands during the Famine.

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