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Irish Famine Memorial

The Irish Famine Memorial, or An Gorta Mor 'Irish Famine and Emigration,'[1] also known as the Irish Famine Monument,[2] is installed in Cambridge Common, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[3][4] The bronze and granite[5] monument was designed by Maurice Harron and was dedicated by Ireland's President Mary Robinson in July 1997.[6] It is a monument to the Great Famine in Ireland that started in 1845.

Irish Famine Memorial
The memorial in 2019
ArtistMaurice Harron
Year1997 (1997)
Medium
LocationCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°22′33″N 71°07′13″W / 42.375872°N 71.120181°W / 42.375872; -71.120181

Description edit

On one side of the memorial is written "AN GORTA MÓR - THE GREAT HUNGER", "IRELAND 1845-1850" along with the dedication and on the other: "NEVER AGAIN SHOULD A PEOPLE STARVE IN A WORLD OF PLENTY".

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Maurice Harron - Public Art". Maurice Harron. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Irish Famine Monument, (Sculpture)". from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Irish President Dedicates New Memorial". The Harvard Crimson. from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ^ "John Harvard's Journal - September–October '97 - Brevia". Harvard Magazine. from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Maurice Harron - Public Art". Maurice Harron. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. ^ "How to honor Irish Famine Commemoration Day in the US". IrishCentral.com. 19 May 2019. from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

External links edit

  • Irish Famine Monument, Cambridge Office for Tourism
  • Irish Famine Monument – Cambridge, MA at Waymarking


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