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Biopic to chart Irish immigrant Mary Devine’s 1,000 mile journey from Illinois to New York (IrishCentral)

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Emily Barry of Peoria portrays Irish emigrant Mary Devine, who walked 1,000 miles from Illinois to New York By: KERRY O’SHEA

Legend has it that Mary Devine, an immigrant who fled from Ireland in the wake of The Great Famine, walked back to New York from Peoria with her two daughters after her husband died while working on the railroad. Irish filmmakers are now bringing her story to life through a documentary set to air in Ireland around Christmas.

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