Brooklyn, Michigan: An Gorta Mor - Potato Famine Memorial
You can thank Ireland's 1845-1852 potato crop blight and Great Famine for this 2004 memorial.
St. Joseph's Shrine
- Address:
- Brooklyn, MI
- Directions:
- St. Joseph's Shrine, north side of US Hwy 12.
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Interesting modern sculpture. Why not celebrate the Great Potato Famine in the Irish Hills of Michigan.
[Bruce-e, 05/31/2015]An Gorta Mor - Potato Famine Memorial
Memorial to the potato famine and the Irish immigrants that came to the area to escape the famine.
[Doug Keith, 05/28/2013]Nearby Offbeat Places
St. Joseph's Shrine - Fake Wood Sculptures, Brooklyn, MI - < 1 mi.
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Big Chicken, Sasquatch-Bigfoot, Pinckney, MI - 30 mi.
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An Gorta Mor is Irish for "The Great Hunger."