Doolough Valley is in Connemara along the Wild Atlantic Way. Driving through Doolough Valley is an unique experience. It is embedded in a mountainous landscape of unspoilt nature, with two lakes on the east-side, where the Wild Atlantic Way winds its way through the valley.
A cross can be found on the northern edge of the valley, dedicated to the victims of the “Doolough Tragedy”. During the Great Famine in 1849, hundreds of people made their way from Louisburgh to Delphi Lodge, threatened by starvation, to ask their lord for food. Their suffering was ignored, they were turned away and a lot of them died on the return to Louisburgh in Doolough Valley from malnutrition.
“How can men feel honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings?” This question of Mahatma Ghandi is engraved in the cross.