Great Famine green plaque

This green commemorative plaque records: Coinnigh cuimhne ar an Gorta Mór Le linn an drochshaoil 1845-52 fhág breis agus milliún Éireannach an port seo chun éalú ón ocras agus anás ag lorg saol thar lear During the Famine years 1845-52 over one million Irish people left from this shore to escape hunger and poverty and to seek a new life across the sea. Remember the Great Famine

The Great Famine, also known as the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852), was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland; it led to the death of approximately one million people and forced over one million more to leave their homeland, significantly altering Ireland's population and cultural landscape.