Famine Slulpture - Mayo

Famine Slulpture - Mayo

This bronze sculpture by John Behan is located at Murrisk overlooking Clew Bay not far from the sacred mountain of Croagh Patrick.

The rigging on the ship is made in a heavily symbolic skeletal form.

It was unveiled in 1997 by the then President of Ireland, Mary Robinson to mark the anniversary of the Great Famine.

 

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