Bronze Shoes Famine Trail at The St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre

July 30, 2024

Bob Romeo met up with Patrick Treacy, Chairman of Irish Music Niagara, at The St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre to learn more about a pair of bronze shoes, taking up temporary residence at the Museum. Niagara plans to be part of an international heritage trail memorializing Irish immigrants who fled the potato famine in the 1800s and landed in ports around the world.