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'Famine'
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National rating (NIAH)

'Famine'

Also known as Famine

Custom House Quay, Dublin 1, East Wall

Rated National on the National InventoryOne of 4 rated National in East Wall
MMonumentBBuilt 1995–2000
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
About

About 'Famine'

'Famine' is one of 4 buildings in East Wall the National Inventory rates National. Its record dates 'Famine' to 1995–2000. 18 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

This group of bronze figures is a haunting commemoration to the famine of the 1840s with their elongated profiles, tattered attire and gaunt faces evoking the desperation and tragedy of the hundreds of thousands who walked along this river front to the ferry port.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010002 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50010002↗

National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

East Wall · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1'Famine'Start here
  2. 2George's DockRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Inner DockRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Connolly Station (railway station)National rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Connolly Station (train shed)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Custom House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mLoop Line RailwayRegional rating (NIAH)300 mCafé UrbanoRegional rating (NIAH)400 mIrish Rail Head Office, Connolly StationRegional rating (NIAH)400 mGroup Property ManagementRegional rating (NIAH)500 mHealth Service Executive (house)Regional rating (NIAH)600 m
Around it

6 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegGeorge's Dock Bridge74 mRegLock, George's Dock, Custom House Quay, Dublin 177 mRegWrought-Iron Winches86 mRegGates, Custom House Quay, Dublin103 mRegGeorge's Dock124 mRegFreestanding swivel iron dock crane146 m
More like it

More memorials of national importance near East Wall

Closest of all: O'Connell Monument, O'Connell Street, 600 m away. Within 40 km, 2 have a photo.

O'Connell MonumentO'Connell Street · 600 m away
Charles Stewart Parnell MonumentO'Connell Street · 900 m away

Questions about 'Famine'

Is 'Famine' on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated National (record 50010002).

Can you visit 'Famine'?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was 'Famine' built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1995–2000.

Is 'Famine' protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

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