CORK'S WAILING WALL

CORK is to get its own "wailing wall" in memory of 200 Irish women and children who died on their way to Sydney.

A series of bronze acoustic sculptors marking the tragedy is to be unveiled in 2005.

The sculptors, which will use the wind to make a keening sound, are being created by Cork born artist Kevin Todd who now lives in Queensland, Australia.

The transport ship Neva had 160 women, all but nine of them convicts, and 45 children on board when it foundered in high seas on May 14, 1835.

The six women and nine crew who survived were taken to Tasmania, where the bodies of 95 others were buried.

Seven sculptures are to be placed on on King Island, Tasmania, and a similar set of seven at Cobh.

Mr Todd has the backing of Cobh Urban District Council and the Australian government for the project but now needs to raise sponsorship.

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