Opening 14 November 2021, All ages
1845: Memento Mori
Admission free
View a stunning glass installation by Seattle-based Irish artist Paula Stokes, opening on 14 November at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.
1845: Memento Mori consists of 1,845 handblown glass potatoes remembering the Great Irish Famine. It has taken the artist 15 years to complete and will go on display in the Landlord's Library at Turlough Park House, Castlebar.
The title of the project references the year the potato blight came to Ireland, marking the beginning of a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration.
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Location:
1845: Memento Mori is located at:
Turlough Park,
Castlebar,
Co. Mayo
F23 HY31
A glass installation and famine memorial consisting of 1,845 hand-blown glass potatoes by Seattle-based artist Paula Stokes
Country Life
Turlough Park,
Castlebar,
Co. Mayo,
F23 HY31
+353 94 903 1755