12 July 2019

Dunbrody Famine Ship New Ross County Wexford Ireland

Dunbrody Famine Ship / Geoff Sutton 2019
The ship above is a reproduction of an 1840s emigrant ship. The Dunbrody Famine Ship is an example of ships emigrants used in the 1840s to seek a better life when the 1845 potato blight destroyed so much of the potato crop. As a result of the ensuing famine, one million people died and 1.5 million emigrated.


Emigrant Flame
The Emigrant Flame marks the quayside in New Ross where the former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy's great-grandfather left Ireland for America in 1848.



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