B6517 : Beaver Island memorial, Arranmore

taken 10 years ago, near to Aran Island, Aran, Co Donegal, Ireland

Beaver Island memorial, Arranmore
Beaver Island memorial, Arranmore
Memorial sculpture in a lake on Arranmore Island. The following information is from LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) (July 2014):

"Arranmore is twinned with Beaver Island, Canada since October 2000. The initial connection came about when Charlie O'Donnell, his wife and their three young children emigrated to Beaver Island after being evicted from their Arranmore home in 1851. Charlie O'Donnell worked there on the construction of a new lighthouse. A number of Arranmore familes soon followed and by 1880 there were 128 Gallaghers, 114 O'Donnells and many Boyles and Wards living on Beaver.

Today Beaver has 200 inhabitants which, despite being four times larger than Arranmore, is one third of Arranmore's population.

The Beaver Island memorial constructed on Arranmore to commemorate the islands' joint history. The set of statues consist of a beaver (representing Beaver Island) and otter (representing Arranmore Island) and a fish representing the links between the two."
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Date Taken
Tuesday, 1 July, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 8 July, 2014
Geographical Context
Coastal  Historic sites and artefacts  Islands  People, Events  Water resources 
Place (from Tags)
Arranmore Island 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! B 657 172 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:0.1035N 8:32.1391W
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Irish: geotagged! B 658 172
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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Arranmore  Lake  Memorial 

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