Module 2: Memorials

Noreen Bowden

Ean, Ireland’s Emigrant Advice Network

noreen@ean.ei

Memorialising

the Ulster Scots

who went to

America during

the 18th-century

migrations. This

statue is located

near the harbour

in Larne, County

Antrim.

Larne

John Behan

Top: “Coffin

Ship”. National

Famine

Monument,

Murrisk, Co.

Mayo

Bottom: “Arrival”

at UN in New

York

Famine monuments, Ireland and Canada

Rowan Gillespie

Top: Famine,

Dublin Quays

Bottom: The Arrival,Toronto Irish Park

Erected on the

150th anniversary

of 1847

Sligo Famine Emigration

Sculptor:

Eamon

O’Doherty,

1990

The Emigrants, Derry

Chicago Famine Memorial

14-year old

Annie Moore at

Cobh; she left in

1892 and

became the first

immigrant to

arrive at Ellis

Island.

Annie Moore

The plaque on

the ground reads,

“This sculpture is

dedicated by Bill

Durkan to the

memory of the

young men and

women who

emigrated from

Kiltimagh, Bohola

and the

surrounding

areas during the

1950s. "

(Photo by Pól Ó

Duibhir )

Kiltimagh

Olean, New York

The focus of the

memorial is a

raised stone from

Penrose Quay in

Cobh Harbour.

"Listening Posts"Penrose Quay, Cork

Perose Quay was the

traditional departure

point of boats from the

city.

The posts broadcast

four sound scores

featuring interviews

with emigrants, their

descendents, those they

left behind, ship

workers, those wishing

to return and those who

are glad they got away.

The piece explores not

only emigration from

Cork, but also broad

themes of migration,

displacement, and self-

reinvention.