Irish Hunger Memorial
Irish Hunger Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Vesey Green, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
The Irish Hunger Memorial (Irish: Cuimhneachán Ghorta Mhóir na hÉireann) is a 0.5-acre (0.20 ha) park at the corner of Vesey Street and North End Avenue in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The memorial is dedicated to raising awareness of the Great Irish Hunger, referred to as An Gorta Mór in Irish, in which over one million starved to death between 1845 and 1852. In the decade after 1845, over 900,000 Irish emigrants entered the port of New York so that by 1855 Irish-born New Yorkers composed almost one third of the city's population. Construction of the memorial began in March 2001, and despite the September 11 attacks on the nearby World Trade Center, which also affected surrounding areas, the memorial was completed and dedicated on July 16, 2002. The memorial, designed collaboratively by artist Brian Tolle, landscape architect Gail Wittwer-Laird, and architecture firm 1100 Architect, is landscaped with stones, soil, and native vegetation transported from the western coast of Ireland — with stones from every Irish county. An authentic Irish cottage from 19th century Carradoogan, in the parish of Attymass, County Mayo, belonged to the Slack family — and was deserted in the 1960s. The Slack family donated the cottage to the memorial in "memory of all the Slack family members of previous generations who emigrated to America and fared well there." In August 2016, the memorial was temporarily closed for waterproofing work and was reopened in August 2017.
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Dates from 2002.
Wikidata Q2899155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2002
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesey Green: 0.0 mi
- Teardrop Park South: 0.1 mi
- Murray Street Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Belvedere Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Teardrop Park: 0.1 mi
- Pylons: 0.1 mi
- The Real World: 0.2 mi
- Jasper’s Split Star: 0.3 mi
- Icarus: 0.3 mi
- The Upper Room: 0.3 mi
- PS/IS 89 Playground: 0.2 mi
- New York City Police Memorial: 0.2 mi
- My Cry Into the World: 0.2 mi
- Berlin Wall: 0.2 mi
- North Bronze Names Parapets: 0.3 mi
- One World Trade Center: 0.2 mi
- Sherman Zwicker: 0.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Chapel: 0.5 mi
- Woolworth Building: 0.5 mi
- Barthman's Sidewalk Clock: 0.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum: 0.3 mi
- MĒRCER LABS: 0.4 mi
- Hall des Lumières: 0.6 mi
- Dream House: 0.6 mi
- Skyscraper Museum: 0.7 mi
- Liberty Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Millenium Park: 0.5 mi
- Yoya's Park: 0.7 mi
- Wedding Garden: 0.7 mi
- Robert Wagner Greenstreet: 0.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.4 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.5 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.3 mi
- Bird Island: 1.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.0 mi
- Audubon Park: 3.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.0 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.0 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.0 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.1 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 2.6 mi
- Street Seats: 4.3 mi
- Palisades: 2.4 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 6.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.5 mi
- The Loch: 6.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 14.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.9 mi
- Barber: 18.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Irish Hunger Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 332° | 268 m | 20.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 312° | 263 m | 23.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 330° | 260 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 11° | 208 m | 23.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 329° | 185 m | 21.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 329° | 180 m | 21.1 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 299° | 179 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/201158183
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- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 1 mi
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