While we were in Ireland we saw lots of places were these poor folks lived ,Sad they had it renenacted of course but yes not nice ,How they lived and died i read a book and for the life of me i can not remember its name ,It was about an irish girl she had lost her hubby and tryin her best to bring i think it was about 7 children and 5 died threw the first couple of years but her plan was take the two left and herself to America and yes she did ,I Have read lots of books on folks comeing from Ireland to Liverpool ,,,Theres a statue erected there of Irish emigrants leaveing to go to America down at the Pier head and for the few times i have had the chance to go back to Liverpool i didnt know about it ,Till i was told so we went down and found it How many times i must have walked not far from it ,,To bad that we can not send pics ,because i think this was a great honor bestowed to these gorageous people, Sylvia Jo Dell Carlson wrote: > I know I am a few days late reading this, but I Google Image....Gillespie Famine Sculpture. You can feel their hunger and pain. > > > > >> From: jeanrice@cet.com >> To: ireland@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:21:36 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Famine Sculptures - GILLESPIE (Dublin) and BEHAN (Mayo) >> >> Hi Mary - If you "google" the phrase Gillespie Famine Sculpture several hits >> will come up including Wikipedia (the on-line free encyclopedia) which has a >> really nice page with biography and photos you can click on to enlarge. >> Perhaps other listers can come up with a website with his famine photos that >> are include close-ups. >> >> Others include: >> http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/irish-sculpture/rowan-gillespie.htm >> >> And: http://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/famine. You >> can enlarge photos by clicking on the magnifying glass on the photos. >> >> ***An arresting memorial is the bronze sculpture of a famine ship located at >> the foot of Croagh Patrick, in Murrisk, Westpoint, County Mayo, unveiled by >> then-Irish President Mary ROBINSON in 1996. The ship's rigging is portrayed >> as skeletal, phantom-like, famine refugees. This sculpture was designed by >> Dublin-born (1938) sculptor John BEHAN. Check the Internet >> for photos by "googling" Behan Famine Sculpture Murrisk. Jean. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> >> To: <ireland@rootsweb.com>; <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:47 AM >> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Rowan GILLESPIE's Famine Sculpture,Custom House Quay >> Dublin >> >> >> >>> Hi Jean, >>> Are there any photos online of this sculpture please? >>> Kind regards, >>> Mary >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> >>> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:12 PM >>> Subject: [IRELAND] Rowan GILLESPIE's Famine Sculpture,Custom House Quay >>> Dublin >>> >>> >>> >>>> SNIPPET: "Famine", Rowan GILLESPIE's moving sculpture in Dublin's Custom >>>> House Quay commemorates those poor souls forced to emigrate during the >>>> famine of the 19th century. <snip> >>>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. > http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >