The Monument
Located at Celia Griffin Memorial Park at Grattan Beach, Galway, the Famine Ship Memorial sits overlooking Galway Bay. The plaque on the center stone reads: "Mutton Light Famine Memorial. The lighthouse you can see in the distance is Mutton Light. It is the last light of their homeland seen by the many thousands of refugees who fled the Great Famine through the Port of Galway 1847-1850.”
On each side of the center stone are sandstone memorials in the shape of a ship’s sail. On each sail are the names of 50 of the 100 ships known to have carried Irish people across the Atlantic Ocean.
The park itself is named after Celia Griffin. In 1847, at just the young age of six, Celia walked thirty miles to Galway with members of her family in search of relief. Unfortunately, she died as a result of the effects of starvation shortly after arriving in the city.
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