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IrishCentral contributor Loretto Leary reviews the insightful book "Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York" by Tyler Anbinder.
On April 12, 1847, during the height of the Great Hunger, The New England Relief Committee sent the USS Jamestown laden with supplies to the starving Irish.
Among the artworks on display at the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany are pieces by sculptor Rowan Gillespie, who designed the Famine memorial in Dublin City.
Kieran Tuohy's bog oak sculptures, among other Great Hunger artworks, will be displayed at the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany from September 27.