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Jeanie Johnston Makes Her Way Up The East Coast

By Marian Betancourt, Contributor
October / November 2003

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Floating Museum Shows Irish-Americans What Ancestors Encountered. ℘℘℘ In 1848 it would cost you $5.50 to cross the Atlantic from Ireland on the sailing ship Jeanie Johnston. That fare represented half a year's wages for an Irish laborer hoping to start a new life in America. Today, for $7.00 you can buy a ticket to visit the Jeanie Johnston replica, a floating museum, while it … [Read more...] about Jeanie Johnston Makes Her Way Up The East Coast

Jeanie Sets Sail for New World

By John Kernaghan, Contributor
April / May 2003

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After many false starts, the Jeanie Johnston famine ship replica is on its way to the United States. ℘℘℘ If there is a symbol of the trials and tribulations of getting the Irish replica famine ship Jeanie Johnston to sea on its homage to history, Tom Kindre is the poster boy. When Tom McCarthy, the captain of the ship, quizzed him on crewing across the Atlantic, the member of … [Read more...] about Jeanie Sets Sail for New World

Hibernia: Jeanie Johnston’s Arrival Postponed

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

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The arrival of the replica famine ship Jeanie Johnston in the U.S. has been postponed until spring 2001. The Jeanie Johnston Project had originally hoped to bring the ship to the U.S. later this year and winter her on the East Coast, but decided against this because of concerns about the weather. However, Kerry county manager Martin Nolan has told The Kerryman newspaper that … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Jeanie Johnston’s Arrival Postponed