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Today this cemetery is referred to as the "Irish Potato Famine Cemetery", the "Famine Cemetery", the "Irish Cemetery", and probably other variations. Its real name, however, is "Old Mount Carmel Cemetery," or more precisely "The Graveyard of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Astoria, Queens." UPDATE, JULY 2009: Signs reading OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL CEMETERY have been placed on the fences surrounding this cemetery. Click the pictures to read and see more.

For scholarly information about this cemetery please visit Patty Fagan`s Mt. Carmel Graveyard website.]]> en-us sorabji.com Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:52:19 -0500 360 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/d/103828-8/Famine_Cemetery.jpg http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/ http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/IMG_0074.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/IMG_0074.JPG.html
I do not know when this sign was placed but it was new to me when I spotted it in July, 2009. The other pictures from this set are from 2005, at which time this cemetery had no identifying information on it.]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:07:32 -0400 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN3503.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN3503.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:20 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN2502.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN2502.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:20 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN2495.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN2495.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:20 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN2488.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN2488.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:19 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1742.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1742.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:19 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1740.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1740.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:19 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1734.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1734.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:19 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1727.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1727.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:19 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1725.jpg.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Famine_Cemetery/DSCN1725.jpg.html ]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:18 -0500