Famine memorial at the site of Cork workhouse

The English text of the plaque reads: "Famine Memorial Erected to the memory of all those who died in the Cork workhouse during the great hunger Famine Commemoration Committee 1997" It is in memory of the victims of the famine in 1845 to 1851 following the failure of the potato crop. The population of Ireland was reduced from 8 million to 6.5 million through death and emigration. Cork Workhouse is now St Finbarr's Hospital, see W6870 : St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork.

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