CO-ABSY-0302

O SON,I LOVED MY  NATIVE LAND,WITH ENERGY AND PRIDE

TIL A BLIGHT CAME OVER ALL MY CROPS,MY SHEEP AND CATTLE DIED

MY RENT AND TAXES WERE TO PAY,I COULD NOT THEM REDEEM

AND THAT'S THE CRUEL REASON WHY I LEFT OLD SKIBBEREEN

************************************************

THE GREAT FAMINE

SKIBBEREEN

1845 - 1850

************************************************

HAPPIER WERE THE VICTIMS OF THE SWORD

THAN THE VICTIMS OF HUNGER

WHO PINED AWAY,STRICKEN BY

WANT OF THE FRUITS OF THE FIELD

********************************************************

IRELAND,S WORST SINGLE DISASTER,THE GREAT FAMINE 1845 - 1850

RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF OVER A MILLION OF IT'S PEOPLE

WITH MORE THAN ANOTHER MILLION CONSIGNED TO THE EMIGRANT SHIP

SKIBBEREEN,EPICENTRE OF THIS HORROR SUFFERED MORE THAN MOST

OTHER PLACES,AND HERE IN THE FAMINE BURIAL PITS OF THIS CEMETERY

WERE PLACED THE COFFINLESS REMAINS OF C. 9000 VICTIMS

A CHILLING REMINDER OF MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN.

GO NDEANA DIA TROCAIRE ORTHU.