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Famine Graveyard

Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland

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Get directions Clarion Road, Ballytivnan
Sligo, County Sligo Ireland

Coordinates: 54.28113, -8.46762
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Located on the grounds of the Sligo Union Workhouse which opened in 1841, this site contains the unmarked graves of many hundreds of people who perished at the Workhouse, most of them during the famine years 1845-1847. A bronze statue of a lone tree, a Sceach, surrounded by upright boulders stands in the graveyard. Celtic tradition holds a Sceach in high regard, and the upright boulders are to signify the ancient form of Celtic burial in Ireland.

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