There’s No One Left To Ask

This work was created by a community arts group in Liverpool with Irish roots and is an artistic response to the plaques on the ‘Famine Trail’ at Clarence Dock and the Liverpool Famine Memorial at St. Luke’s church in association with the Liverpool Irish Festival and artist Tadhg Devlin. The work hopes to encourage the many of Irish descent in Liverpool to learn more about the famine, their own family history and the identity of the city itself.

Left: Participants working on different aspects of the project.

Below: Discussing the content of the work with schoolchildren.

Right: Participants discussing the work at Central Library, Liverpool.

Right: Here is a short video piece created from the participant’s family photos that were printed onto fabric using the cyanotype process and filmed in various locations throughout Liverpool.

Left: This is a small book that I made for each of the members of the community group that took part in the project so there were only 12 copies made. The book is titled 'THERE'S NO ONE LEFT TO ASK' and it contains a family photo of relatives of each of the group who have now passed away or are unable to answer due to illness/dementia. The book was created as a reflection on the past, those we have lost and as an elegy for those who died during the Great Hunger.

Created by Juliet Shreeve

“I created mushroom spore prints and my fingerprints in blackberry juice threaded through with Irish phrases my Mum brought over from Wexford (Whose is it? & It's mine) to question who owns the land and the food that comes from it.”

Created by Paul White

“This is a reflection on how the Irish were portrayed in the past on a current story of migration in contemporary Ireland.”

Created by Richard Orritt

“Isabella (my aunt)was born in 1902 and grew up around Everton/Walton. She was named after her grandmother who came to Liverpool around 1850 with her father and brother.”