The Irish Railroad Workers Museum

Remembrance Room: Famine Survivors (Mellett ancestors)

Today's presentation from our "Remembrance Room” reminds us how the people of Ireland were brought to loneliness as their loved ones were scattered to the corners of the earth.

The Passage

Remembrance Room: An Gorta Mor (Bracken)

Today's presentation from our "Remembrance Room” shows the Irish in their depths of despair during "An Gorta Mor", or Great Hunger. Many came to Baltimore, and other destinations just to survive.

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.

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Remembrance Room: Famine Survivors (Mellett ancestors)

Remembrance Room: An Gorta Mor (Bracken)

Remembrance Room: Cost of Passage to Baltimore

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