Michael Collins - Author & Runner

What was Michael Collins' Irish Diaspora Run?

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The following are links to the weekly series of articles Michael Collins wrote regarding his Diaspora Run experience from June 10 - July 10, 2016.

 

Click on any of the articles below to read accounts of the run:

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•  Introductory Article May 27, 2016 - Michael Collins: my marathon a day, for a month, to honour Irish emigrants! 

 

• Week 1 - June 16, 2016 - Irish Diaspora Run: ‘All journeys begin with a single step’ 

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• Week 2 -  June 23, 2016 - Why are 6,000 Irish buried under a Montreal traffic island?

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• Week 3 - June 30, 2016 - In Famine’s footsteps: trail of death leads to Skeleton Park

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• Week 4 - July 7, 2016 - Famine emigrant descendants have hunger to commemorate

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• Week 5 - What I learned tracing the steps of Irish Famine migrants

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• Final Article Nov 26, 2016 – Remembering 20,000 Famine refugees who died in 1847

 

Click to download the PDF of the entire series of articles!

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