The news that the Irish Famine ship the Jeanie Johnston will sail again brings back a flood of memories. It will be made ready for the Tall Ships race in 2012 which stops in Ireland. It is ...

Between 1845-1850, the Great Potato Famine created a mass exodus from Ireland, forcing two million citizens to board ships in search of better lives in the U.S. Jeanie Johnston was perhaps the ...

The bleak discoveries of the Irish Famine dead give an insight into the ... the Great Hunger in 1847 would have traveled by coffin ship having lived in dire conditions at home.

Just a stone's throw away, you'll find The Jeanie Johnston, a replica of an old Famine Ship. It offers a glimpse into the harsh realities faced by those fleeing Ireland during and after the Famine ...

Ships flying the flag of disease were forced ... Murphy, Ryan, Johnson. The Irish famine gave rise to a movement called Young Ireland, who members swore to free their country from Britain by ...

Over the ensuing decade, a million refugees fleeing the Irish Famine landed in lower Manhattan, disembarking half-starved from sailing ships that took 35 days to cross the Atlantic. Not all of ...