The Irish Railroad Workers Museum

Disaster Magnified: The Perilous Journey of the Brig John Begg

Many desperate Irish who experienced the tragic years of the Great Hunger saw no other option but to flee. Yet that flight itself could sometimes mean their demise: whether while at sea or on land just as they arrived with a hope of beginning again. Such was the plight and final days of Thomas Brennan, who traveled with his wife Bridget Shaughnessy Brennan from Galway.

The Passage

Remembrance Room: Food Aboard Famine Ships

This series continues to present the realities of life for desperate emigrants aboard ship, new arrivals in America and the dramatic ways they cared for families as they settled in Baltimore. Food, of course, is central to any people's story...as it is to our own experiences today as we make our own best decisions about meals during the present crisis.

The Passage

Remembrance Room: Life aboard a Famine Ship

The horrors of the Great Hunger did not end as they boarded ships bound for America, but often were magnified by terrible conditions on board, and at sea.

The Passage

Remembrance Room: Cost of Passage to Baltimore

Greetings and salutations from the Irish Railroad Workers Museum. We’re a place for both head and heart, researching and presenting compelling stories that inform us about our heritage, and yours. Among those stories we consider is how much our ancestors sacrificed just to emigrate to new lands.

All Sample 2

Receive your Baltimore Irish History fix directly to your inbox

Web design by Light & West

Made with ♥ in Baltimore

Disaster Magnified: The Perilous Journey of the Brig John Begg

Remembrance Room: Food Aboard Famine Ships

Remembrance Room: Life aboard a Famine Ship

Remembrance Room: Cost of Passage to Baltimore

Visit

Learn

Support

Contact Us