Also in Limerick city, the Pauper's Graveyard (now known as St Brigid's cemetery) in Killeely. The sculpture, created in 1997, is a fountain in the shape of a broken heart in memory of the forced emigration of several thousands who fled to America and beyond from nearby Steamboat Quay.
Limerick city, The 'Broken Heart' Famine memorial by Maria Pizzuti, Lower Mallow Street.Kindred Spirits, a sculpture in Midleton.A Famine Memorial Park marks the graves of those who died in the nearby workhouse and were buried in unmarked graves. The memorial is marked by a small garden, where many bodies were found during an excavation. Kilkenny in the McDonagh Junction complex.Kells, County Meath paupers' graveyard memorial by the Spire of Lloyd.Galway Famine Ship Memorial, Celia Griffin Memorial Park, Salthill, Galway.It is erected across the road from Ennistymon Hospital, built on the grounds of the local workhouse where an estimated 20,000 Irish died and a mass graveyard for children who perished and were buried without coffins. This was the first memorial in Ireland to honour those who suffered and were lost during the Great Famine. Returning after their request was refused, many of them died at this point. A memorial commemorates famine victims of the Doolough Tragedy who walked from Louisburgh along the mountain road to Delphi Lodge to seek relief from the Poor Board who were meeting there. Donaghmore Famine Museum - set in Donaghmore Workhouse in County Laois.Doagh Visitor Centre and Famine Museum has exhibits and memorial on the effects of the famine in Inishowen, Donegal. Doagh Island, Inishowen, County Donegal.Painfully thin sculptural figures, by artist Rowan Gillespie, stand as if walking towards the emigration ships on the Dublin Quayside. Clones, County Monaghan Famine Graveyard, Clones will host the National Famine Commemoration for 2011 with President Mary McAleese and other representatives from 30 Countries also taking part.Ballyhogue Famine Wall, Ballyhogue, Bree.Widow McCormack's house, the site of the 1848 rebellion, has now been converted into a museum. Ballinasloe Famine Remembrance Park, Cleaghmore, County Galway.Famine Monument at Ennistymon, County Clare Memorial with poem in Kells, County Meath. Stephen's Green, Dublin National Famine Memorial at Murrisk, County Mayo.
Republic of Ireland Famine Memorial in Dublin "Famine" by Edward Delaney, St. To date more than 100 memorials to the Irish Famine have been constructed worldwide. The Great Famine of Ireland is memorialized in many locations throughout Ireland, especially in those regions that suffered the greatest losses, and also in cities overseas with large populations descended from Irish immigrants.
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