Memorial
The memorial are there to inform the public about what happen to the Irish people and to never forget the people who died in the great famine. its there to tel people that this shouldn't happen again.
Ireland Potato Famine Memorial, Dublin
The memorial was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
The Boston Irish Potato Famine Memorial
Another memorial honoring the people who die in the Great Famine.This memorial was unveiled in June 1998 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine. The memorial includes eight narrative plaques about the Famine and two groups of figures, one deeply affected by the Famine, and the other looking healthy and well fed. Through these two opposed groups, sculptor Robert Shure has highlighted the significance of Ireland’s class structure during the Famine. Poor farmers and rural laborers were far more likely to die from hunger and disease than the urban population of white-collar workers. Considered outside of its historical context, the sculpture encourages us to reflect on similarly unjust conditions that persist today.
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The location is in downtown Boston on School st. Robert Shure used bronze and granite to sculptor it. The Memorial is open to the public anytime.
this website is made to see how fair the Irish people has come from the Great Famine. to learn about it and why the Famine happen. to go back in time and see what happen through the years. see what they over