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Eire Society’s Gold Medal Award
April 24 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
On Friday, April 24, the Éire Society of Boston holds its 81st Annual Gold Medal Award at 6 p.m. at the Omni Parker House in Boston. This year’s award recipients are James Callery and his daughter Caroilin Callery.
James Callery is being honored “for his creative leadership and generosity in preserving the lessons and legacy of Ireland’s Great Hunger by founding Ireland’s National Famine Museum and Archive in 1994 at Strokestown. Caroilin Callery’s contributions include organizing a homecoming for the Canadian descendants of the 1,490 Strokestown tenants who were sent into exile in 1847, launching the biannual Irish Famine Summer Schools, and developing Ireland’s National Famine Way in 2019 and the Global Irish Famine Way in 2022.”