The Famine Memorial on Custom House Quay is found around 200 yards downstream from the Custom House, with emaciated figures in rags heading for Dublin Harbour. Dedicated to the memory of all victims of the Great Famine (1845-1849) it was donated by Norma Smurfit.
While it graphically remembers the emigration during the famine and the hardship the Irish had to go through, it also contrasts sharply with the monuments to Ireland's new wealth surrounding it – bank buildings and the office blocks of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). Few bankers hurrying by before the 2008 credit crunch hit Ireland with a vengeance spared a thought about the famine victims.
