Doolough Valley Famine Memorial

The Doolough Valley Famine Memorial commemorates one of the most tragic events of the Irish Great Famine. On Friday night, March 30, 1849, approximately 600 starving people—men, women, and children—walked more than twenty miles from Louisburgh to Delphi Lodge in hopes of receiving famine relief. They had been directed to seek assistance from the Board of Guardians, but when they arrived at the ...