One blogger writes of the famine statues...

Along the north quays at the east end of Dublin city centre you’ll find some strange and disturbing figures. Gaunt and disturbing, these iron figures commemorate the great hunger that killed a huge portion of Ireland’s population in the last century.
I don’t feel like I can adequately discuss the famine itself in this entry. Perhaps this image of the statues will do what seeing them for the first time did for me: lead to you reading a bit more about what happened to these people.

(from http://www.irelandlogue.com/places-to-go/dublins-famine-statues.html)

More photos! (you asked! :-)

Another photographer's eye catches the sights (you can imagine the sounds) of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The choristers sat in the choirstalls - places normally reserved for the cathedral choir - and rehearsed and performed sections of the Messiah. Dr. Sharp told the group that this was the very church in which Handel recruited members of the choir to sing in the chorus. Mr. Waugh learned that he was playing pipework inside the organ that Handel himself played in a recital at St. Patricks.

Happy choristers experience the sights and wonderful acoustics of the cathedral!

At Phoenix Park, largest park in Ireland (>1700 acres), which is more than twice the size of Central Park in New York. The Irish President's home, the US Ambassador's home, the Irish Zoo, and several Cricket, Rugby, and Polo clubs are located here. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass for over 1 million people here also.

In "awe" of St. Patricks

Practice/Performance at St. Patricks Cathedral.

Our tour guide explains the Famine Memorial on the Liffey River. This is a memorial to the Irish potato famine.

We are ON the EMERALD ISLE!