Kindred Spirits Memorial Sculpture, Choctaw Nation Ireland Friendship Unisex Hoodie

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Created by artist Alex Pentek, Kindred Spirits commemorates the 1847 donation by the Native American Choctaw people to Irish famine relief during the Great Hunger, despite the Choctaw themselves living in hardship and poverty and having recently endured the Trail of Tears.

The sculpture consists of nine 20-foot (6.1 m) stainless steel eagle feathers arranged in a circle, no two feathers being identical, forming a bowl shape to represent a gift of a bowl of food. With over 20,000 welds and taking a year to make, it was created by Alex Pentek at the Sculpture Factory in Cork, Ireland, with assistance to polish the finished work from students of the Crawford College of Art and Design and installed in Bailick Park in 2015. The Midleton Town Council commissioned the memorial. It was officially unveiled and dedicated in June 2017 by Chief Gary Batton, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr., and Councilor Seamus McGrath, County Mayor of Cork, accompanied by a 20-strong delegation from the Choctaw Nation.

A companion sculpture, Sacred Hearts, was unveiled in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, in 2024 to commemorate Choctaw-Irish relations further.

• 50% pre-shrunk cotton, 50% polyester
• Fabric weight: 8.0 oz/yd² (271.25 g/m²)
• Air-jet spun yarn with a soft feel and reduced pilling
• Double-lined hood with matching drawcord
• Quarter-turned body to avoid crease down the middle
• 1 × 1 athletic rib-knit cuffs and waistband with spandex
• Front pouch pocket
• Double-needle stitched collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs, and hem