What is recorded here
An unknown number of people starved to death in County Sligo during the Great Famine. They vanished without witness, leaving no name, no grave and no record behind. The region still carries that absence, a quiet wound hidden beneath ordinary life.
Bronze sculpture Famine Family by Niall Bruton (1997)
Places near here
Old Quayharbour/dock/port · 25 yd
CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 114 yd
Sligo Town Halltown/county hall · 127 yd
Discover IrelandVisitor information · 246 yd
SligoVisitor information · 372 yd
Fortification in RathquarterFortification · 419 yd
St. John's CathedralMemorial · 428 yd
CrossCross, Market cross · 481 yd
Sligo AbbeyMuseum · 561 yd
Model Niland GalleryHeritage attraction · 599 yd
Model SchoolMemorial · 611 yd
European BeechEuropean Beech · 1506 ydOther information
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