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==Honours== [[File:D'Arcy McGee's mausoleum, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, QC, 1927.jpg|upright|thumb|McGee's mausoleum in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal, 1927]] A monument to McGee stands at Tremone Bay, in north [[County Donegal]], Ireland near the bay from which he escaped to North America in 1848.<ref>{{cite book |last=D'Arcy McGee |first=Thomas |editor-last=Beattie |editor-first=Seán |title=Thomas D'Arcy McGee: a commemoration 1998: Recalling the escape of D'Arcy McGee to America, September 1848 |publisher=Lighthouse Publications |date=1998 |page=5 |isbn=978-0-9520481-4-5}}</ref> There is a monument to him in his native [[Carlingford, County Louth]], unveiled during a visit in 1991 by then [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Brian Mulroney]] and Irish [[Taoiseach]] [[Charles Haughey]]. His parents' grave in the grounds of Wexford's historic [[Selskar Abbey]] is marked by a plaque presented by the government of Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGoogan |first1=Ken |title=Thomas D'Arcy McGee |url=https://celticlifeintl.com/thomas-darcy-mcgee/ |website=Celtic Life International |date=10 March 2020 |access-date=6 June 2024}}</ref> On 20–22 August 2012, the inaugural Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School was held in Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland to commemorate and celebrate his legacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dkit.ie/news/thomas-d’arcy-mcgee-summer-school-2019.html|title=8th Annual Thomas D'Arcy McGee Summer School|publisher=Dundalk Institute of Technology |date=2019-07-29}}</ref> On [[Sparks Street]], in [[downtown Ottawa]], the [[Thomas D'Arcy McGee Building]] is a prominent government-owned office building. D'Arcy McGee's Pub stands on the corner of Sparks and Elgin streets.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ottawatourism.ca/en/see-and-do/d-arcy-mcgee-s-irish-pub |title=D'Arcy McGee's Irish Pub |date=24 May 2023 |publisher=Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority}}</ref> McGee also has several schools named in his honour including: * D'Arcy McGee Catholic School (elementary, [[Toronto Catholic District School Board]], Toronto, Ontario);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/darcymcgee/AboutUs/SchoolHistoryAndTradition/Pages/default.aspx |title=School History and Tradition |publisher=Toronto Catholic District School Board |access-date=28 June 2020 |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628115827/https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/darcymcgee/AboutUs/SchoolHistoryAndTradition/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Thomas D'Arcy McGee Catholic School (elementary, [[Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board]], Ottawa, Ontario);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mcg.ocsb.ca/ |title=Thomas D'Arcy McGee Catholic School |publisher=Ottawa Catholic School Board}}</ref> * D'Arcy McGee High School, [[Western Quebec School Board]] ([[Aylmer, Quebec]]);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://symmesdarcy.westernquebec.ca/ |title=Symmes Junior & D'Arcy McGee High Schools |publisher=Western Québec School Board}}</ref> * Thomas D'Arcy McGee Catholic High School in Montreal (closed in 1992).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archivesvirtuelles-cnd.org/en/school-album/thomas-darcy-mcgee-high-school |title=Thomas D'Arcy McGee High School |work=Faith in Action |publisher=Congrégation de Notre-Dame Archives and Marguerite-Bourgeoys Historic Site}}</ref> The [[Quebec]] provincial electoral district (riding) of [[D'Arcy-McGee]] is named in his honour, as well as two villages in central [[Saskatchewan]]: [[D'Arcy, Saskatchewan|D'Arcy]] and [[McGee, Saskatchewan|McGee]], located approximately 20 kilometres apart. In 1986, a Chair of Irish Studies was set up in his honour at [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]], Halifax. In 2005, the gun that was used to assassinate McGee was purchased at auction for $105,000 by the [[Canadian Museum of History|Canadian Museum of Civilization]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/museum-buys-mcgee-assassination-gun-1.560026 |title=Museum buys McGee assassination gun |publisher=CBC News |date=2005-05-23}}</ref>
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