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Week #24 Historic Landmark
The Famine Memorial
This sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emmigrate during the 19th Century Irish famine.The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay, in Dublin's Docklands.
The location of the statues is particularly appropiate and historic as one of the first voyages of the famine period was on the "Perserverance" which sailed from Custom House Quay on St Patrick's day in 1846.
Week #24 Historic Landmark
The Famine Memorial
This sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emmigrate during the 19th Century Irish famine.The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay, in Dublin's Docklands.
The location of the statues is particularly appropiate and historic as one of the first voyages of the famine period was on the "Perserverance" which sailed from Custom House Quay on St Patrick's day in 1846.