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FAMINE br Rowan Gillespie Unveiled by Her Excellency President Robinson Commissioned and Donated to the People of Ireland by Norma Smurfit 29th May 1997 'A procession fraught with most striking and most melancholy interest, wending its painful and mournful way along the whole line of the river, to where the beautiful pile of the Custom House is distinguishable in the far distance........ Irish Quarterly Review, 1854

[Canadian Flag] Im memory of the victims of the Great Famine, and for their descendants who have done so much to build Canada. En mémoire des victimes de la Grande famine, et en hommage à leurs descendants qui ont tant contribué a bâtir le Canada. The Right Honourable Le très honorable Jean Chrétien 15 6 99 Prime Minister of Canada Premier ministre du Canada

In the pavement between and around the statues are bronze plaques with names. Explanation is in a separate plaque:

"FAMINE" 'I feel this sculpture is not complete until the figures are crossing a sea of names, names cast in bronze and set into the cobble surround, thousands of names, names of those who have pledged to care' Rowan Gillespie By featuring your name on Ireland's Famine memorial you commemorate the past and contribute to Ireland's future. The funds raised through this projects will assist the homeless, unemployed and disadvantaged youth of Ireland. To reserve a place for your name, please phone the Irish Famine Commemoration Fund on 01-6685355