Stone commemorating the voyage of the emigrant vessel 'The Lady Caroline'
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Stone commemorating the voyage of the emigrant vessel 'The Lady Caroline'
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 16 Oct 2019
During the Great Irish Famine of the 1840s thousands of emigrants left Warrenpoint for North America on ships such as the Lady Caroline which made the voyage in 1847. The text on the sea facing side of the stone is in Irish. https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/latest-news/memorial-stone-marks-warrenpoint-famine-exodus-1-6979665 http://www.bagenalscastle.com/documents/Great%20Famine%20Booklet.pdf
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