Focus Friday - Irish Memorials to the Great Famine

Ireland, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852. The Great Famine is memorialized in many locations throughout Ireland, especially in those regions that suffered the greatest losses.

"Famine ship" - Memorial to the Great Famine

Memorial to the Great Famine by Rowan Gillespie

Memorial to the Great Famine

'Broken Heart' Famine memorial

The Irish National Famine Museum

"Famine" by en:Edward Delaney