The Irish Famine Memorial, or An Gorta Mor 'Irish Famine and Emigration,'[1] also known as the Irish Famine Monument,[2] is a memorial in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
| Irish Famine Memorial | |
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_-_044.jpg) The memorial in 2019 | |
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| Artist | Maurice Harron |
| Year | 1997 |
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 42°22′33″N 71°07′13″W / 42.375872°N 71.120181°W | |
Description and history
editThe Irish Famine Memorial is installed in Cambridge Common, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3][4] It is a monument to the Great Famine in Ireland that started in 1845.
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".[citation needed]
The bronze and granite[5] monument was designed by Maurice Harron and was dedicated by Ireland's President Mary Robinson in July 1997.[6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Maurice Harron - Public Art". Maurice Harron. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Irish Famine Monument, (Sculpture)". Archived from the original on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Irish President Dedicates New Memorial". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "John Harvard's Journal - September–October '97 - Brevia". Harvard Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Maurice Harron - Public Art". Maurice Harron. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "How to honor Irish Famine Commemoration Day in the US". IrishCentral.com. 19 May 2019. Archived 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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