If you go to Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan {very close to where the World Trade Center was} they have the Irish famine Memorial which consists of plantings of grasses and other flora as well as a rock from each county in Ireland. It was all shipped over along with a small cottage. It was ready to open just before 9-11 but was of course covered in a thick layer of ash and the opening was delayed. As far as I know, all the plantings survived despite the skeptical view of our Irish friends who maintain that no plants from ireland can survive in NewYork City. The Memorial is not much to look at and you could probably pass right by with out knowing what it was--it is also a memorial dedicated to the elimination of World Hunger. People crawl all over it trying to find their "rock". If you go to Ellis Island, you can walk down the Esplanade in Battery Park and it is about 1/2 mile{?}. The walk is very nice along the River. It is a beautiful day today and if I had my wish, that is where i would be right now. Judy