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| 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.
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| 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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