A PLAQUE dedicated to Paul Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish explorer who saved around 200,000 children in Ireland during the Great Famine, is to be unveiled today in Glenties.
The unveiling will be attended by the Irish Ambassador to Poland, Jonathan Conlon, and Artur Michalski, chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Poland to Ireland.
It will be a lasting mark of the friendship between Poland and Ireland, celebrating the pairing between Poland and Donegal for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, said organisers.
In Glenties alone, Strzelecki is thought to have saved an estimated 7,000 children.
The plaque in his honour will be located on the green area opposite St Columba’s Comprehensive School.
Today’s ceremony will get underway at 11am and also attending will be Minister of State Charlie McConalogue; Cllr Anthony Molloy, Cathaoirleach of Glenties Municipal District; and John McLaughlin, chief executive of Donegal County Council.
They will be joined by pupils from St Columba’s Comprehensive School.
Paul Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish explorer who saved around 200 thousand children in Ireland during the Great Famine.