The Famine Memorial is located in the heart of Dublin, and aims to commemorate the great famine of the nineteenth century, which led to the loss of half of Ireland's population to death or emigration, as nearly a million people died and another million emigrated from the country, causing a decline The population of the island is between 20% and 25%, and these sculptures show the effects of hunger and misery on the people, and they were carved by Rowan Gillespie.