6 February 1997 Edition
SF `famine' window proposal passed
By Mick Naughton
Sinn Féin Councillor Tom Hartley has welcomed the decision by Belfast City Council, by a vote of 32 to 9, to instal a stained glass window in memory of those from the city who died during the Great Hunger.
Hartley described it as ``a small and helpful breakthrough in our endeavours to have the shared history of the city marked. The vote ensured that the traditions of all, but particularly the largely unrepresented nationalist ethos, should be seen in City Hall.'' Hartley first succeeded in raising the issue last November. At the time DUP Councillor Sammy Wilson objected saying there was no evidence that the Great Hunger played a major role in the history of Belfast.
The commemorative window will recall the suffering of the thousands of those who died in Belfast in the years between 1846 and 1849.
Sinn Féin Councillor Tom Hartley has welcomed the decision by Belfast City Council, by a vote of 32 to 9, to instal a stained glass window in memory of those from the city who died during the Great Hunger.
Hartley described it as ``a small and helpful breakthrough in our endeavours to have the shared history of the city marked. The vote ensured that the traditions of all, but particularly the largely unrepresented nationalist ethos, should be seen in City Hall.'' Hartley first succeeded in raising the issue last November. At the time DUP Councillor Sammy Wilson objected saying there was no evidence that the Great Hunger played a major role in the history of Belfast.
The commemorative window will recall the suffering of the thousands of those who died in Belfast in the years between 1846 and 1849.