The Famine Sculptures, Province of Leinster, Ireland
4.5 (2.700 reviews) Tuesday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Spent < 1 hour Ranking #37 in County Dublin Monuments & Statues
Incredibly Poignant
'Famine' (1997) was commissioned by Norma Smurfit and presented to the City of Dublin in 1997. The sculpture is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands. This location is a particularly appropriate 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 1846. The area is also home to two other attractions that chronicle this chapter in Irish history. The Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship & Famine Story is a replica famine-era ship and offers tours of the conditions famine migrants would have endured. EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is a fully digital museum that tells the amazing story and history of Irish emigration, including that of the Great Famine period.
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Custom House Quay, Dublin D01 KX44 Ireland
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Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 2:16
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5vpexplores1 5:00 PM Jun 5, 2022
Powerful installation
An evocative sculpture on the banks of the Liffy in front of the EPIC museum. It brings to life the experience of people living ‘off the land’ during the potato famine. Starving people without hope. It is sad to see how many people there are in Dublin still without food and shelter.
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4Jen from Toronto Canada 5:00 PM Jun 17, 2022
Dublin Free Walking Tour-- Northside Tour
Although I was staying nearby these sculptures and I didn't get the full appreciation of them until I took the Dublin Free Walking Tour -- Northside. Our guide, Sam, took the group to see these sculptures and as we approached from behind, we were asked to reflect on our experience and how the people at this time of Irish history might have been feeling. The sculptures are captivating and say more than words could every say.
