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Famine Memorial — Saint Stephen's Green

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Famine Memorial — Saint Stephen's Green
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Freestanding commemorative sculpture, erected 1967, comprising four figurative lost-wax bronze castings fixed via steel rods to rectangular six-slab granite platform with rock-faced sides. Three human figures, southernmost standing leaning on stick with head downcast, extending ladle to mouth of second figure sitting; tall third figure facing north with head back and arms outstretched, with dog lying at feet. Bronze plaque to northwest of platform with lettering 'Famine by Edward Delaney R.H.A.' Facing southwest into Saint Stephen's Green, with composite concrete-paved hard standings, and with backdrop of roughly hewn granite screen of Wolfe Tone Memorial companion piece.

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