The eight tableaus shown here are replicated from the information stations that line the walkways of The Irish Memorial. In a very abbreviated format they are designed to tell the story of Ireland’s Great Hunger. As you enter the park from the corner of Front & Chestnut Streets you will find these themed stations starting on your right.
- Ireland’s Past – A Prelude to Disaster
- Potato Blight (Phytophtera infestans): Its Origin
- An Gorta Mór
- Starvation
- Passage & Emigration
- Arrival and Reception
- The Irish in America
- The Lessons of The Great Hunger