A trip through the Doolough Valley is a special experience. Nestled between high mountains, there are two lakes along which the Wild Atlantic Way winds its way. The unspoilt nature creates a unique idyll.
On the north side of the valley, right next to the road, a cross has been built in memory of the victims of the "Doolough Tragedy". During the great famine of 1849, hundreds of needy residents of Louisburgh left on foot to Delphi Lodge to seek food from the authorities there. However, they were harshly rejected. On the way back to Louisburgh many of them died of starvation and frost in the Doolough Valley.
A quote from Mahatma Gandhi is engraved on the cross: "It has always been a mystery to me how people can feel honoured by the humiliation of their fellow men.
Bo Scheeringa is an enthusiastic landscape photographer, with a great passion for the Dutch province of Groningen and Ireland. She also specializes in portrait and documentary photography. Bo mainly works on her own projects.
She published two photo books: in 2017 "RUIM LEVEN a portrait of North Groningen and its inhabitants" appeared, and in 2021 she published the photo book "PEAT".
Various photos from these books are now available through Art Heroes!
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