Irish Famine Monument - Cambridge, MA
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The Irish Famine Monument sits in the Cambridge Common in Cambridge, MA, and depicts the separation of a family due to the blight that resulted in 'The Great Hunger.'
Waymark Code: WM7QZN
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2009
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In Cambridge, on the Cambridge Common, is a monument that is a memorial to the sufferers during the Great Potato Famine or "The Great Hunger" in Ireland.
The sculpture consists of a polished stone base and two figures in bronze: a man standing with a child in his arms, and an woman sitting with an infant in her arms. Both figures are roughly styled and, according to the entry, represent hunger and sadness at parting.
The inscriptions on the monument is as follows:
Side Facing Harvard University:
An Gorta Mor - The Great Hunger
Ireland 1845 - 1850
Dedicated by the President of Ireland, Mary Robinson
July 23, 1997
Side Facing Away from Harvard University:
Never again should a people starve in a world of plenty
The Cambridge Common is a large park area that is west of Harvard University. Parking is available around the common, but it might be hard to find an open space. There are buses and a subway station nearby, however.
TITLE: Irish Famine Memorial
ARTIST(S): Maurice Harrow and Derry Ireland
DATE: 7/23/1997
MEDIUM: Sculpture: Bronze; Base: Granite
CONTROL NUMBER: MA000378
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Cambridge Common, near Garden Street and Massachusetts Avenue
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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