An Gorta Mór: A Great Hunger Archive

Memorials to those who suffered, died, or emigrated as a result of Ireland's “Great Hunger” (An Gorta Mór) of 1845‐1849, appear throughout the Republic: in artwork and sculpture at Dublin's Merrion Square, Custom House Quay, and airport; at the Famine Museum, County Roscommon; and in the National Famine Monument at the base of Croagh Patrick, which commemorates the death march of hundreds of Irish in County Mayo (Fitzgerald, 1998). An Gorta Mór, A Great Hunger Archive, presents a digital memorial, in multiple media, to the horrendous years of the “Irish potato famine”. Hosted by Quinnipiac...