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 ...

In the 1840s, Irish peasants came to Canada in vast numbers to escape a famine that swept Ireland. Robert Whyte kept a record ...

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 ...

Unmarried pregnant women were shunned in society in pre-1980s Ireland and the Famine era was no different ... America and marry on the next available ship, leaving many women to raise children ...

Between 1845 and 1849, Ireland was affected by a famine. This famine killed an estimated one million people either from starvation or disease. Thousands of people emigrated to America across the ...

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, ...

Tell the pupils that 150 years ago Ireland had a famine. It is estimated that one million people died during the Famine and another two million emigrated abroad during eleven years during and ...