Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship

Literally the best thing about our trip to Dublin. It's not just that it's cool to go on a real working replica tall ship. (Perhaps some may actually be quite critical and dissatisfied that the ship is not in pristine condition or that perhaps there isn't a huge variety to see below decks. If you were just let in on your own for a bit - yes.).

But what absolutely makes this attraction is the staff. For an hour they skillfully take you on a journey back in time and you really begin to feel and understand just what the Irish famine-driven immigrants experienced on the "coffin ships" on their way to America...

It's not just that it's cool to go on a real working replica tall ship. (Perhaps some may actually be quite critical and dissatisfied that the ship is not in pristine condition or that perhaps there isn't a huge variety to see below decks. If you were just let in on your own for a bit - yes.) But what absolutely makes this attraction is the staff.

For an hour they skillfully take you on a journey back in time and you really begin to feel and understand just what the Irish famine-driven immigrants experienced on the "coffin ships" on their way to America... And Jeanie had a fascinating story in this chapter of history.