North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

Not like it used to be

The New York Times reports that the Irish Famine memorial has been closed for repairs, a year after opening.

The New York Times reports that the Irish Famine memorial has been closed for repairs, a year after opening. The memorial represents an Irish peasant homestead, consisting of an old Mayo cottage and a small potato field., surrounded by stone walls. All the material was shipped over from Ireland.

It seems that the modern materials used to reassemble the diorama were at fault - the wear and tear of visitors played its part too. It's ironic that the farmhouse stood neglected but intact for well over a century when it was in Ireland, and the stone walls had probably stood for hundreds of years.....