Acrylic on paper. Doolough - a stunning location with a tragic history. It is a place I am constantlly drawn to by its atmosphere which is unlike anywhere else I've ever been. Here's the story of the Tragedy - In March 1847, at the height of the Potato Famine, hundreds of starving people gathered in Louisburgh to seek assistance from the relieving officer. He told them that they would have to apply to the Board of Guardians who were to meet next day at Delphi Lodge. This was ten miles away across some of the most remote and mountainous countryside in Ireland. They spent the night in the open, and started to walk to Delphi the following day. When they got there, the Board of Guardians were at lunch and could not be disturbed. When they finally did meet with them, the people were refused help. That day it rained and snowed and there was a piercing wind. On the return journey to Louisburgh, over 100 of the starving either collapsed and died or were blown into the lake.