The sculptor who created the well-known famine memorial on Dublin’s quays, has revealed his late father “refused to look at” the work as he felt their family hadn’t suffered during that time.

Dublin-born sculptor Rowan Gillespie talks about growing up in a conflict zone and why his father refused to look at his iconic Famine memorial Rowan Gillespie, creator of Dublin's famine memorial ...

Those plans represent the San Francisco Irish Great Famine Memorial ... “The memorial will serve, not only as a reminder of an unprecedented tragedy for Ireland but as a monument of gratitude ...