What does Dublin’s Famine Memorial at Customs House Quay commemorate?

The Famine Memorial at Customs House Quay in Dublin, which was designed and cast by the sculptor Rowan Gillespie, commemorates the Great Famine (1845–49).1

This period was a devastating watershed in Irish history, triggered by the failure of the potato crop due to late blight. The memorial serves as a tribute to the suffering of the Irish people during this crisis, which resulted in approximately one million deaths from starvation and disease, as well as the mass emigration of millions more.231