My dad just got back from a vacation in Ireland. He and my stepmother went on a tour that was organized by Seamus Kennedy, and I couldn't be more jealous. Therefore, I'm going to spend the next few days living vicariously through the photos that they took while they were there.
This is a memorial to the people who died as a result of The Doolough Tragedy that occurred in 1849 during the Great Famine in Ireland. You can learn more about what took place here.
The inscription at the base of the memorial reads:
TO COMMEMORATE
THE HUNGRY POOR
WHO WALKED HERE IN 1849
AND WALK THE THIRD WORLD TODAY
FREEDOM FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1994
HOW CAN MEN FEEL THEMSELVES
HONOURED BY THE HUMILIATION
OF THEIR FELLOW BEINGS
MAHATMA GANDHI IN SOUTH AFRICA
