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Great Hunger Memorial Artist The
monument’s sculptor, Eamonn O’Doherty of Ireland, describes the
memorial as comprising three related elements. “The first represents
five members of an Irish family group. The second element depicts the
deserted shell of the homestead they’re forced to leave. The third
element refers to the potato blight and consists of an overturned
basket from which potatoes, as they spill onto the ground,
metamorphose into skulls.” After
its dedication in June 2001 the monument received widespread critical
praise and won several awards, including American Institute of
Architects’ community recognition as Most Outstanding Work of Public
Art.
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