Broken Heart Memorial 
Due Date: 30th January
History
Memorial for people to had to leave Ireland in the famine of 1845-49
Influences Irish Identity
Impacted people and how the identify
Connects to Irish Diaspora
Project Ideas
Sculpture
Text
Illustration
Made out of modeling material
A historical document written about memorial
Pencil drawing with some text
Blueprints to make memorial
Use sculpture as a display
and have some text, describing the memorial
Important Information
Made by Maria Pizutti (CSIS Wiki)
commissioned by Gerry Barrett (Edward Hoildings, Galway) (Source CSIS Wiki)
Was made to commemorate the people who used the area as a holding station prior to emigration (Source CSIS Wiki)
My Question
What does the Broken heart Memorial commemorate and what was the consequences of what it commemorates
Where is it?
It is located in lower mallow street,limerick (source Google)
Display Layout
Use black card as base
Make bits of text pop up
Enquiry Question: What does the broken heart memorial commemorate and what were the consequences of what it commemorates
Talk about Irish Diaspora and Irish Identity
Include Reflection, credits (refer to handout for more)
Irish Diaspora (Source wikipedia: cross checked with Ireland Roots &
Are Irish people or their descendents who live outside the island of Ireland.
In the 21st Century, it was estimated nearly 80 million people claimed some Irish descent
Emigration from Ireland goes back as far as the 1700, since then between 9 and 10 million people have emigrated from Ireland
This led to people claiming identities such as Irish American the The Irish diaspora is a consequence of Irish emigration
Irish Identity is a hot topic especially in northern Ireland
Go into how identities are powerful
Irish Identity
Due to mass emigration during the Famine people fled to other countries resulting in people claiming identities such as Irish American
Make this very little or you will get bogged down
Massachusetts is the most Irish state with about 20% claiming some sort of Irish descent according to data gotten from the US Census Bureau bu the boston globe
Source Evaluation
Wesley Johnston website was a fairly objective source giving the in depth information of the famine. I liked how it was organized neatly.
Ireland Roots was a website I used to crosscheck wikipedia with, they gave the same information with different words
Wikipedia was a objective source that gave me lots of information, I cross checked just in case