Cha m’ma 1822, pafupifupi zaka 200 zapitazo, famu wamba ya maekala khumi inakhazikitsidwa ku Carrowdoogan (Ceathr Mhic Dhubháin), tauni ya Attymass Civil Parish, County Mayo, Ireland. Tawuni ya Carrowdoogan ndi maekala 498 okha kukula, koma olemera mu chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe. Pofika m'chaka cha 1827, banja lina lotchedwa Slack linali litamanga kanyumba kakang'ono kakang'ono ka miyala pansi pano. Parishi ya Attymass ili ndi madera akuluakulu a zinyalala, ambiri omwe ndi madambo komanso mapiri omwe sangavumbulutsidwe. Parishi ya Attymass inali isanakhazikitsidwe panthawi yomwe nyumbayi idamangidwa; Attymass sanakhale parishi yovomerezeka mpaka 1832.
Parish ya Attymass ili ndi mbiri yomvetsa chisoni - inali pano pomwe kufa koyamba kuchokera ku Njala Yaikulu ku Ireland, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Njala Yaikulu, idalembedwa mwalamulo. Pachimake cha njala ya mbatata, pafupifupi aliyense ku Carrowdoogan anali atawonongeka kapena kuthawa.
The Irish Hunger Memorial ndi malo osungiramo chikhalidwe cha anthu omwe ali ndi theka la maekala omwe akuyimira malo akumidzi aku Ireland omwe ali m'boma la Manhattan's Battery Park City pafupi ndi malo omwe kale anali World Trade Center pomwe anthu 2,996 amwalira ndi zigawenga. Chikumbutsochi chinapangidwa kuti chiwonetsere chidwi cha Great Irish Hunger (An Gorta Mór m'Chiairishi), chomwe chinapha anthu oposa milioni imodzi pakati pa 1845 ndi 1852. malo. Imasamutsa alendo mwamalingaliro, mwauzimu, ndi mwakuthupi kupita kumalo ndi nthaŵi ina.
Mu 2001, wojambula Brian Tolle anagwirizana ndi katswiri wojambula malo Gail Wittwer-Laird ndi kampani yomanga 1100 Architect kuti asamutsire nthaka, mitundu yoposa 60 ya zomera za kumadzulo kwa chilumba cha Ireland, ndipo miyala inafukulidwa m'madera 32 a Ireland. kuphatikiza kapangidwe kake kachikumbutsochi. Mkati mwa dimbali, pali minda ya mbatata yomwe ili pafupi ndi zomera zambiri zomwe zimapezeka kumpoto kwa madambo a Connacht.
Zimagwira ntchito ngati chithunzithunzi cha mgwirizano pakati pa omwe adathawa ku Ireland ndi omwe adatsalira.
Ndi malo osinkhasinkha mwakachetechete mkati mwa chipwirikiti cha New York City. Ziwerengero za njala, mawu, ndi ndakatulo zikuwonetsedwa pakhoma lozungulira komanso mkati mwa dimba. Kuyikako (m'mphepete mwa Hudson) kumayang'anizana ndi Statue of Liberty ndi Ellis Island, zomwe zimabweretsa chisangalalo chobwerera ku Diaspora. Idakhazikitsidwa mu 2002 ndi Purezidenti wakale waku Ireland a Mary McAleese.
Kanyumba koyambirira kwa Slack Family ku Attymass, County Mayo, anali ndi anthu okhalamo mpaka ma 1960s. Kunakhala kosatha kukhalamo popanda madzi kapena magetsi. Kanyumba kodziwika bwino kameneka kadasamutsidwanso ndikuperekedwa ku Irish Hunger Memorial ku Manhattan ngati msonkho kwa mibadwo yam'mbuyomu ya banja la Slack lomwe linasamukira ku America ndikupeza bwino mdziko la mwayi. Chikumbutsocho chinaperekedwa pa July 16, 2002, “pokumbukira anthu onse a m’banja la Slack amene anasamukira ku America ndipo zinthu zinawayendera bwino kumeneko.” Chikumbutsocho chimakhalabe cholimbikitsa champhamvu kwambiri cha Njala ndi nyumba zake zowonongeka komanso maumboni amakono okhudza kuwononga kwake.
Kusoŵa kwa zakudya sikunathe. Mu 2020, pamene dziko linayimilira ndipo moyo unasintha monga momwe tikudziwira, msuweni wanga Dr. David Beasley (yemwe kale anali Bwanamkubwa wa South Carolina) adalandira mphoto ya Nobel Peace m'malo mwa World Food Program. Atalandira mphothoyo, adati, "Kuperekedwa kwa Mphotho ya Mtendere wa Nobel ku World Food Programme ndikuzindikira kochititsa chidwi kwa ogwira ntchito a WFP omwe amayika miyoyo yawo pamzere tsiku lililonse kuti abweretse chakudya ndi thandizo kwa anthu pafupifupi 100. ana mamiliyoni anjala, akazi, ndi amuna padziko lonse lapansi.” David tsopano akukhala ku Italy, monganso ine, kumene iye ndi gulu lake akupitiriza kuyesetsa kuti athetse vutoli Njala yapadziko lonse.
Chikumbutso cha Njala cha ku Irish chimakhala ndi tanthauzo latsopano chifukwa cha kuukira kwa Ukraine ndi mayiko onse omwe amadalira alimi a ku Ukraine kuti adye chakudya - komanso a 4.2 miliyoni a ku Ukraine omwe anakakamizika kuthawa dziko lawo kuti apulumuke. Chikumbutso chimalimbikitsa chiyembekezo chakuti kudzakhala masiku owala m’tsogolo kwa onse amene akukhalabe m’ngozi ya njala.
Tsatirani wolemba, Dr. Anton Anderssen.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Upon receiving the award, he said, “The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Program is a humbling moving recognition of the work of WFP staff who lay their lives on the line every day to bring food and assistance for close to 100 million hungry children, women, and men across the world.
- This historic cottage was also relocated and dedicated to the Irish Hunger Memorial in Manhattan as a tribute to prior generations of the Slack family who moved to America and garnered success in the land of opportunity.
- The Irish Hunger Memorial takes on a renewed meaning in light of the invasion of Ukraine and all the countries who depend on Ukrainian farmers for food – and as well for the 4.
