BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9928@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241027T101500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241027T114400 DTSTAMP:20240928T171429Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/st-lukes-liverpool-irish-famine- trail-vigil/ SUMMARY:Bombed Out Church (St Luke's): St Luke's: Liverpool Irish Famine Tr ail vigil DESCRIPTION:Complementing our work on the annual Liverpool Irish Famine Mem orial\, this year’s Walk of the Bronze Shoes has created a new annual opportunity. ❤\;️\;📍\;🔱\;\n\nFor those who don ’t know\, members of our Festival team walked a pair of bronze shoes fro m Co Roscommon (northwest Ireland) to Dublin (east coast of Ireland)\; sai led them to Holyhead and took them from Seacombe to Mersey Ports\, before walking them to Clarence Dock Gates and on to the Famine Memorial. Why?\n\ nThe bronze shoes are a marker of the National Famine Way in Ireland and Liverpool’s pair — teamed with 15-pairs in North America — are the first to form the Global Irish Famine Way.\n\nClarence Dock is where 1.3+ m Irish Famine poor came into Liverpool. The Liverpool Irish Famine Memori al (unveiled in 1998) at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church remembers the 300 k+that stayed in Liverpool\, the 1m+ that sailed over seas and the 2m+ tha t died. The journey between the two locations is indicative of the struggl es of those sent here.\n\nWe’ll repeat the Clarence Dock to St Luke’s Bombed Out Church walk annually\, with the shoes\, until we find them a permanent home and we welcome you to join us. A vigil map and order of ser vice will be given to those who join us. This in an outdoor walk in Octob er\; please be weather prepared\, comfortable and hydrated.\n\nStewards wi ll help people walk the way and maps and information will be provided at t he site on the morning. A small ceremony will start the vigil\, with walke rs from the Walk of the Bronze Shoes\, and we will be greeted at the memo rial site by the Solstice Choir (County Roscommon). We thank them for th eir support.\n\nThis activity has been made possible with funds from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. For more on the Liverpool Irish Famine Tr ail\, use this link.\n\nMeeting point\n\nWe ask people to join us from 10. 15am. Please note the location provided for this is the destination\, not  the meeting place. Please congregate at Clarence Dock Gates\, on the wat er side of Regent Road\, facing the junction of Cotton Street.\n\nFree\, j ust turn up. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/09/Clarence-Dock-web.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bombed Out Church (St Luke's)\, Bombed Out Church\, Liverpool\, L1 2TR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.401786;-2.975456 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bombed Out Church\, Liverpo ol\, L1 2TR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bombed Out Church (St Luke's):geo:53.401786,-2.975456 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR