Eurowalk 2 - Point B - Glasgow Green, People's Palace & Irish and Highland Famine Memorial

Glasgow Green has a fascinating social and political history that is summarised in this excellent leaflet from Glasgow City Council: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=31478&p=0

The Peoples Palace has exhibitions of the social and political history and has the wonderful winter gardens glasshouse. The glasshouse apparently is designed to resemble the upturned hull of Nelson's ship.

Some Jacobite History:

• In January 1746, Prince Charles Edward Stuart reviewed his army at Glasgow Green on their return from their failed mission to England: TheGlasgowStory: 1560 to 1770s: Learning and Beliefs: Jacobites  and TheGlasgowStory: Bonnie Prince Charlie.
• And here is an unusual link with Liechtenstein and the Jacobite lineage:  The 'rightful heir' to the Scottish throne | UK | News | Express.co.uk

In the shadow of the People's Palace Museum, the Irish and Highland Famine memorial is a tribute to the large number of Irish people, who were forced to leave Ireland in the 1840s at the time of a famine caused by Potato Blight. About 100,000 arrived in Glasgow. And this memorial to them also remembers those who had to leave the Highlands. The memorial aims to mark the contribution these new arrivals made to the city of Glasgow. https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/22925/Dedication-of-Glasgows-Irish--Highland-Famine-Memorial. It takes the form of an upturned boat and nearby paving stones are carved with the names of some of the places that people had left.

Memorial in the form of an upturned boat, in the garden area at People's Palace

Photo: J.Wilson

Map Reference: Eurowalk 2: Along the Clyde