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Changing memories: Famine memorials around the world
Today, the Famine is commemorated in memorials all over the world, from sculptures to stained glass windows. Emily Mark-Fitzgerald explains how they offer unique insights into the interplay between Irish history, heritage, memory and meaning
• 24 Mar 2021
Many commentators, especially during the 1990s sesquicentenary of the Famine, have broadly characterised the response of post-Famine generations as a form of cultural silence . However, recent research on the history of Famine memory has modulated this view, and explored the many ways Famine appears as subject and reference in political rhetoric, popular and literary fiction, drama, art and visual culture, from the 19th century through to the present.  ....

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