Some people have a way with words
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341822)
Rockingham, Australia
May 10, 2023 6:50pm CST
I wrote about the 600+ Irish who perished on the Doolough Pass Road in Co. Mayo, Ireland, either on their way to Delphi to ask for food and help, or on their return to Louisburgh after having been refused assistance.
There is a memorial stone to commemorate those people, all of whom have nothing to make their final resting place. I wrote down this quote which I think is on one side of the stone but I can’t vouch for that. But I thought it sufficiently significant to write down. The author is James Berry, c. 1910. I couldn’t find any information on him.
It says: The sighing of the winds above their nameless graves forever sings their requiem. Isn't that just so evocative?
The photo is of part of the area where the people would have travelled. It’s very rugged.
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@DaddyEvil (137517)
• United States
11 May 23
That's interesting looking country. I wouldn't want to live there, though. It looks a lot like some of the countryside in Oklahoma or the Texas panhandle I've driven through.
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@DaddyEvil (137517)
• United States
11 May 23
@rebelann I took I44 to I40 into California and then came back by way of I10 to I35 to I44 and home again. Was I on the part you're talking about?
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@Beestring (14679)
• Hong Kong
11 May 23
It's sad that no one offered any assistance to them.
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@JudyEv (341822)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 May 23
@Beestring It was a very shameful thing.
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. I will have to read up on the history of that place - sounds like it was no humanitarian effort. How awful for those people 
@JudyEv (341822)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 May 23
In winter, there would be snow and ice right through this area.
@LindaOHio (181344)
• United States
11 May 23
That is definitely very unwelcoming territory. I can't believe that no one would help them. Terrible.
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