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  • After walking through the tunnel of text, visitors at the Irish Hunger Memorial will arrive inside the cottage donated from the Slack family, to whom the cottage originally belonged, according to the Memorial's app. It is
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  • Visitors stroll along the path on a slight incline surrounded by native Irish flora.
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  • Bearberry, Foxglove, Ling Heather, Blackthorn and more, for a total of 62 indigenous plants, can be found on the grounds of the Irish Hunger Memorial. The plants are maintained and preserved in their natural state to mirror a rural landscape similar to that of western Ireland. There are about a dozen different grasses on the memorial, Tolle said in an audio portion of the memorial's app.
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  • The Irish Hunger Memorial is decorated with stones from each of Ireland's 32 counties.
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  • The top of the Irish Hunger Memorial, 25 feet above ground, offers a great view of the Jersey City skyline, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
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  • The Irish Hunger Memorial is free and open from about 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. November through April, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. May through October. If nothing else, check it out because a scene from
    Photo Credit: Diana Colapietro

There’s “a metaphor for the Great Irish Famine” right here in New York City.

The Irish Hunger Memorial, located on Vesey Street and North End Avenue in Battery Park City, was designed by artist Brian Tolle.

Construction for the memorial began in March 2001. It was completed and dedicated on July 16, 2002.

Scroll down for a look at the Irish Hunger Memorial.

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