Irish Hunger Memorial
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The Irish Hunger Memorial is a New York City monument that commemorates the Great Irish Famine and honors the resilience and migration of the Irish people.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irish Hunger Memorial canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memorial
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monument ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| area | approximately 0.5 acre ⓘ |
| category |
Great Famine (Ireland) memorials
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Irish-American history ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Manhattan ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Great Irish Famine
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Irish migration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo |
Irish immigrants
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victims of the Great Irish Famine ⓘ |
| designer | Brian Tolle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
dry stone walls
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elevated landscape ⓘ field of native Irish plants ⓘ illuminated text bands ⓘ recreated Irish rural landscape ⓘ stone cottage ⓘ textual quotations ⓘ views of the Hudson River ⓘ views of the Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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Irish ⓘ |
| heritage | Irish-American culture in New York City ⓘ |
| honors | resilience of the Irish people ⓘ |
| inception | 2002 ⓘ |
| landscapeArchitect |
360 Architecture
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Teresita Fernández NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Battery Park City
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Hudson River waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
soil from each of Ireland’s 32 counties
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stone ⓘ |
| near |
One World Trade Center
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World Financial Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | July 16, 2002 ⓘ |
| operator | Battery Park City Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Battery Park City Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to commemorate Irish suffering and resilience during the famine
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to raise awareness of historical and contemporary hunger ⓘ |
| theme |
Great Irish Famine of 1845–1852
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Irish diaspora ⓘ displacement ⓘ hunger ⓘ migration ⓘ |
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