Celtic Cross overlooking the green fields, Athenry, County Galway, Ireland

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Celtic Cross overlooking the fields around Athenry. The song, "The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine or Great Irish Hunger (1845–1850) about a fictional man named Michael from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family.

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Size: 5778px × 3934px
Location: Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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