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Kindred Spirits: Choctaw Native American Monument

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๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ This is a 20 foot high sculpture which stands in a lovely riverside park. I recommend a visit both for its beauty and for what it represents: The generosity that the Choctaw Nation showed to the people of Ireland during the Great Famine. People often mention Choctaw, monument, sculpture, people, Ireland, Irish, visit, Nation,


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Bailick Rd, Castleredmond, Co. Cork, Ireland

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4.60 (232 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Louis E. 1 year ago on Google โ€ข 62 reviews
    This is a 20 foot high sculpture which stands in a lovely riverside park. I recommend a visit both for its beauty and for what it represents: The generosity that the Choctaw Nation showed to the people of Ireland during the Great Famine.
    7 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Shane S. 5 years ago on Google
    A small but powerful monument to kindred spirits in suffering. Amazing that the Choctaw gave what they had right after their trail of tears to help those in the great hunger in Ireland. Honored to have seen it.
    5 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Philip M. 1 year ago on Google
    Unusual and not well known sculpture of a historical connection between the Choctaw Indian nation and Ireland in famine times (1847). Beautifully sculpted piece. Call in if you are visiting Midleton distillery.
    5 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 pete a. 7 months ago on Google โ€ข 229 reviews
    Very moving story behind the Choctaw monument, a sculpture of 9 feathers in stainless steel .. a story of hope and love .. in 1847, the Choctaw nation of native Americans sent the Irish nation $170, which is about $6,330 in todays money, to help the people through the great famine ' The Great Hunger ' as it's known. These Americans had themselves been through terrible hardships, having been dispossed from their sacred lands some 16 years before, which had resulted in many infant and old loosing their lives on the ' Trail of Tears ' . The following is lifted from the Irish Times .... Skullyville, Oklahoma โ€“ Tuesday 23 March 1847 On that spring day, as Major William Armstrong surveyed those who had gathered in the small timber agency where he lived, he must have experienced mixed emotions. For one thing, the meeting had been summoned to raise money for โ€œthe relief of the starving poor of Irelandโ€, the birthplace of his own father. For another, while the crowd included many missionaries and traders, much of the $170 subscribed at dayโ€™s end would come from the chiefs of the Choctaw Nation, who were also present. Major Armstrong had known these Choctaw men for many long years, having served as the US government's chief agent in the region since 1832. He had been with them through the "Trail of Tears", in which perhaps as many as four thousand Choctaw men, women and children perished when they were bullied out of their ancestral homelands and forced to cross the River Mississippi. The majorโ€™s wife, Nancy, and his older brother Frank had been as keen as he was to help the Choctaw, but both died in the wake of the Trail of Tears. And when the 52-year-old Armstrong himself succumbed in the summer of 1847, less than three months after the Skullyville meeting for the โ€œwhite brethren of Irelandโ€, the chief of the Choctaw Nation, Colonel David Folsom, would recall him as โ€œour father and our friendโ€.

  • 5/5 shadow c. 6 months ago on Google โ€ข 15 reviews
    Came to Ireland from the PNW and had to come see the Monument. It was pretty awesome.
    3 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 mary f. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful memorial to the Choctaw nation, well worth a visit.
    3 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 4/5 Tashdid Sadat A. 2 years ago on Google
    Kindred Spirits is a large stainless steel outdoor sculpture in Bailick Park in Midleton that is a symbol of the donation by the Native American Choctaw to the Irish people during the Great Famine. The sculpture consists of nine 20-foot stainless steel eagle feathers arranged in a circle, forming a bowl shape to represent a gift of a bowl of food. It's a great place to memorial to visit, especially for people who are interested in Irish history, heritage and culture and for tourists.
    3 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 John M. 6 months ago on Google โ€ข 122 reviews
    Beautiful piece of art and monument, poignant story represented beautifully.
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Ciara O. 7 months ago on Google โ€ข 40 reviews
    Beautiful monument and truly peaceful space to birdwatch. The history of camaraderie and compassion behind the piece is very moving. Really enjoyed coming out to see this. Though, I had thought the walkway would be much longer, stretching around the nature reserve, which is not the case so donโ€™t expect a long walk! ๐Ÿ˜‚ Nice to see if passing on towards cork but very little else around.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Antonius van Oosten (. 3 months ago on Google โ€ข 94 reviews New
    A very interesting piece of Irish history.
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Eric C. 1 year ago on Google
    We read about this monument at Donegal Castle, and as an American I had never heard that on March 23, 1847, the Native Americans of the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to the Irish Famine relief at it's height(Black 47). This was an incredible sum at the time (worth tens of thousands of dollars today). After learning about this I knew I wanted to visit this monument. I arrived around sunset, and took a moment to appreciate the detail of each feather. After doing so I stepped inside the circle and felt an immediate warmth. It was probably just the sun reflecting from the feathers but either way it was an inspiring experience.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Mary D. 1 year ago on Google
    This incredible sculpture set among the trees and the grass of East Cork commemorates the kindness shown to the Irish people during the Great Famine by the Choctaw Nation, a people who themselves had suffered much years earlier when they were disposed of their lands. Let us never forget.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Supin V. 1 year ago on Google
    It's a calm and quiet place. Even there are a lot of birds also. This is a nice place to relax.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Mark O. 2 years ago on Google
    Stunning monument that provides inspiration that no matter how bad things get help is st hand.
    2 people found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Jonno B. 8 months ago on Google โ€ข 120 reviews
    Beautiful monument. The craftsmanship of these stainless steel feathers is unbelievable. Need to see them in real life to appreciate them. There is an information board nearby describing the history of this unusual monument and why it was erected in appreciation of the very generous assistance given to the local people by the Choctaw nation. If I put any more info you wouldnโ€™t have to come and see it so get yourself here and take a look.

  • 5/5 John N. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful sculpture perfectly fitting the Kindred Spirit concept
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 James S. 9 months ago on Google
    A great monument showing Man's helpfulness to man
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 5/5 Momo O. 1 year ago on Google
    Been wanting to see for ages ,stunning piece of art ,well worth a visit
    1 person found this review helpful ๐Ÿ‘

  • 4/5 Seรกn G. M. 1 year ago on Google
    This is a large sculpture in the form of 12 stainless steel eagle feathers about 4 metres high, lit up at night. It commemorates a large donation presented by the Cherokee Nation of Native Americans who in their turn received a donation in respect of help for "The Trail of Tears" where native Americans were forced to undertake a long trail on foot, causing many deaths.

  • 5/5 josip m. 9 months ago on Google
    Nice monument and the view on one side, on the other side 20 m away is a road.

  • 4/5 Donal H. 1 year ago on Google
    Lovely little walk beside Midleton Town. Nice and flat. Nice waterways with plenty wildlife

  • 4/5 Bill C. 7 months ago on Google โ€ข 3 reviews
    What a moving monument of thanks to the Choctaw for the generosity to Ireland during the Famine. We heard about this gift and were reminded by a dear friend who was from Midleton. We are so glad to take a moment to visit... though the road nearby was closed for repairs.

  • 3/5 Mairin d. 1 year ago on Google
    Only in Ireland would you erect a memorial to a wonderful, humane, generous people and then allow it to be surrounded with ugly fencing, and partly covered with advertising. A total disgrace.


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