The Dunbrody - Irish Famine Ship

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A potato blight in Ireland, starting in 1845, resulted in the death of over one million people and set in motion one of the greatest human migrations in history. During the famine years over one and a half million Irish men, woman and children left their country on famine ships like the Dunbrody now on perminent display in New Ross, Ireland. Visitors tour below deck and actors tell of the people's experience on the 6-8 week voyage to America when as many as 50 percent perished. In our time there is another Irish migration underway, this one caused by the worldwide economic decline.

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