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.

From Cork, after a day of heavy driving, it was time to stop at the town of Listowel. A bustling market-town of 4,000, Listowel is located on the north bank of the River Feale. According to tradition, ...

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 ...

Read more: Exciting Irish destination listed among top ten ... boat to learn what life was like on board one of the famine ships heading to North America. The city of Derry has found international ...