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Boston
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Washington St. / School St.

Irish Famine Memorial

Robert Shure
1998

Description

Twin sculptures: one shows an Irish family in agony from the Great Hunger stalking the land and another hopeful as they arrive on America's shore. There are eight narrative plaques.

Artist

Robert Shure (Brooklyn, New York, 1948), American sculptor.

Sources & Information

Boston, The Boston Irish Famine Memorial.
Wikipedia, List of memorials to the Great Famine.

Location (N 42°21'26" - W 71°3'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usma15; Photograph: 13 June 2003 / updated: 22 September 2009
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