Michael KIllen, Sculptor, Chandelier Swords Castle
Swords Castle Portraits by Michael KIllen
 
 

Cappamore Famine Memorial
Bronze
Cappamore, Co. Limerick

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cappamore famine memorial by michael killen Michael KIllen Sculptor, Cappamore Famine Memorial

 

This cartoon depicts a homeless mother and exhausted child resting on roadside.

The idea for the piece was generated whilst researching contemporaneous observations made in the West of Ireland at the time of the Famine.

 

 

This is an image of the final sculpture. It measures 61 cms x 46 cms. It is mounted on a granite stone outside the Catholic Church in the village of Cappamore