This monument, and surrounding area on the East bank of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland's Flats, is a memorial to the Great Hunger, the potato famine of the 1840's.

The memorial was dedicated September 16, 2000

The Great Hunger - Irish Famine Memorial in Cleveland Ohio (photos by Dan Hanson)

Lest We Forget:
To those who died,
To those who came and enriched our Cleveland shores,
We dedicate this monument to you

Erected on the 150th Anniversary of the "Great Hunger" by the Greater Cleveland Irish Community in the year of our Lord 2000.

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Irish Famine MemorialCleveland remembers the Great HungerIreland's Potato Famine (1845-1850)

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Cleveland remembers the Great Hunger
Ireland's Potato Famine (1845-1850)