Irish Immigration Memorial in Philadelphia | Jake Wynn - Public Historian

Irish Immigration Memorial in Philadelphia | Jake Wynn - Public Historian

Earlier this year, we shared haunting images of the Irish Famine memorial on the shores of the River Liffey in Dublin. On a visit to Philadelphia in April 2024, I had the chance to visit an American counterpart to the monument in the Irish capital. The Irish Memorial in Philly was dedicated in 2003 and memorializes the Irish immigrants who fled famine and disease in their native land in the 1840s and 1850s. Thousands sought refuge in the Keysto…