Famine Graveyard Sligo — Attraction in County Sligo

A very sad reminder of the terrible devastation caused by the Great Famine to the people of Ireland with the tragedy of how disgracefully little England did to elevate the suffering. Lessons need to be learnt so that events like this can never happen again. It is almost everyone's duty to visit these famine graveyards as a mark of respect towards those who suffered...

Unbearably sad. The signs at the two entrances are poignant. Although the blight was natural, the English response to men, women and children’s suffering was appalling, and the famine largely man-made.

The entrance to the graveyard is from the car park opposite St John’s Special School on...

For something so important in our history it is shamefull that this is all sligo council can offer as a memorial of our ancestors who no fault of there own died of starvation while landlords and there croneys preyed on the ordinary ...