Taking the soup

It won't be normal pub fare.

A "Famine Soup "Night" is set for O'Lunney's in Manhattan this coming Friday evening. The gathering is a curtain raiser for a "Famine Tribunal" that will be held at Fordham Law School in October.

The object of the tribunal, according to organizers, is to assess the impact of the Irish Famine on the Irish population, and to examine its political, economic, cultural and physiological legacies, all within a legal framework.

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"Even to this day, the Irish Famine (also known as the Great Hunger), remains one of the most lethal famines in modern history in terms of deaths and dislocation of population," said organizer, Owen Rodgers.

The soup night, at O'Lunney's Times Square, begins at 6.30 p.m.

The evening, according to Rodgers, will recall the period in 1847 when over three million starving Irish received daily rations of soup.

"It will also honor the memory of the hundreds of thousands of people who died or emigrated in the year that is simply, and tragically, remembered as 'Black '47,'" he said.

Speakers at the O'Lunney's gathering will include Irish artist Robert Ballagh, historian, Christine Kinealy, and attorney Niall MacGiollabhui. Details from Owen Rodgers at (917)379-0955 or owenrodgers@mindspring.com. The event website is irishfaminetribunal.com.

 

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