LI-SMAK-0027

Record Date: 
1 July 2013
Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

THE GREAT FAMINE
1845 -- 1849
At Least A Million People
Died Of Starvation In Ireland
During The Famine Years
Over A Million Emigrated
Mostly To The United States
The Population Of The Country
Was Greatly Reduced
The Census Of 1911
Showed A Population Of Less Than
5 Million Compared With
8 Million Before The Famine
Remember Our Forgotten
Predecessors

Memorial Type: 
Plaque
Grave location
County: 
Leitrim
Latitude: 
52.600530833333
Longitude: 
-8.9712377777778
People commemorated: 
Name: 
The Great Famine
Notes: 

This is a Commemorative stone to the Great Famine.