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“Passing by”

13 May 2014

“Gentle reminder of potato famine's effect”

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bre126

Naas, Ireland

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Reviewed 1 January 2018 via mobile

Passing by

What a pity the monument to the FAMINE wasn't better publicised...luckily I spotted it as I drove by and was able to find parking to visit. The sculpture evokes the pain of the FAMINE very well. Good descriptive plaques explain the work. Also site provides...More

Date of experience: September 2017

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pglejm

San Francisco, California

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Reviewed 14 May 2014

Gentle reminder of potato famine's effect

On our way to from Adare to Galway, on a country road with not much around, we stopped in Ennis at the Great Hunger Memorial which was dedicated to honor the victims (in particular the children) of the Irish potato famine that happened in the...More

Date of experience: April 2014

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moyadd

I think this is actually referring to the 'National Famine Monument' in Murrisk, County Mayo... Not Clare island

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Response from christopheisland |

Probably, in any case there are no Famine Monument on Clare Island, and no Ennis road either. There's a monument in Murrisk indeed. Confusion....

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