The Irish Memorial / Leacht Cuimhneachain Nan Gael

Erected to commemorate An Gorta Mor-

Ireland's Great Hunger of 1845 - 1850 when more than one million Irish were starved to death and another million forced to emigrate. We celebrate the indefatigable spirit of the Irish that enabled them to triumph over tragedy. With the opportunity to use their innate talents in a free country, the survivors and their decedents contributed in a great measure to the development of this nation.

Glenna Goodacre, Sculptor 2002

 

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Remembrance

 

The hunger ended

but it never went away

it was there in silent memories,

from one generation

to the next.

 

The time to take away

the silence has come

to commemorate,

to mourn what was lost

to celebrate what survives

without apology or fear.

 

We have it in our power

not only to remember

what took place but to relive it...

To find the hungry and the lost,

not a different race...

but the faces of our ancestors...

An image of ourselves.

Peter Quinn

Done