Michael Collins - Author & Runner
IRISH DIASPORA RUN, 2016
What was Michael Collins' Irish Diaspora Run?
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!
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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!