Name: Mairead Corrigan visits Beaver Island, 1978
Start: 1978-06-03
End: 1978-06-03
Location: Holy Cross Parish Hall

Event

Date: 1978-06-03
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Holy Cross Parish Hall
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationheritagecommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Mairead Corrigan visited Beaver Island on June 3, 1978, spoke at Holy Cross Hall about peace and action, toured the island, and departed by plane the next day.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper visit account, not a full program, attendance register, or independent travel record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June–July 1978, “Island Lures Peace Prize Winner.”
Reports Corrigan’s June 3 arrival on the Beaver Islander, welcome by islanders, march to Holy Cross Hall, talk about peace and action, brief island tour including Mount Pisgah, and departure by plane the next day. It is a newspaper account and does not provide a full program, attendance register, or independent travel record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, June–July 1978, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-page combined June–July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the visit report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Mairead Corrigan visits Beaver Island, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mairead-corrigan-visit-outcome-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June–July 1978, “Island Lures Peace Prize Winner.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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