Bronze plaque № 40654 — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Number 40654 marks a Great Famine departure point in County Derry, where thousands left for the Americas between 1845 and 1849. The plaque preserves the scale of that exit, not a single name, and the port becomes measurable only through the number of people it lost.

This bronze commemorative plaque records: The Great Famine point of departure. One of Ireland's major ports, thousands fled from here to the Americas between 1845-1849 to escape the ravages and hardships brought about by the potato blight of the 'Great Famine' years Recorded plaque organisation: Derry City Council.

This plaque commemorates Cobh (formerly Queenstown), a significant departure point from which thousands of Irish emigrated to North America during the Great Famine, fleeing the devastating potato blight and economic hardship of 1845-1849.

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