BARK · IR
Jeanie Johnston
replica of the original "Jeanie Johnston" (1847-58), an Irish 19th century emigrant ship built in Quebec, owned by the Donovan family from Tralee, brought Irish emigrants fleeing the potato famine to the US during the Great Famine.
Technické údaje
- Typ
- BARK
- Vlajka
- IR
- Domovský přístav
- Tralee
- Rok stavby
- 2000
- Loděnice
- Blennerville Shipyard Tralee
- Materiál
- Holz / Wood
- Délka
- 45 m
- Šířka
- 8 m
- Plachty
- 645 m²
replica of the original "Jeanie Johnston" (1847-58), an Irish 19th century emigrant ship built in Quebec, owned by the Donovan family from Tralee, brought Irish emigrants fleeing the potato famine to the US during the Great Famine.
rebuilt in Tralee, County Kerry, supported by the Irish Government, municipal authorities and a lot of friends of the Jeanie Johnston in Ireland, the United States and Canada.
a seagoing vessel as well as a living history exhibition, will offer sail training opportunities.
launched in May 2,000 by the patron of the project, the President of Ireland Mary McAleese, after some delay she was completed until spring 2002.
left County Kerry, Ireland for the United States & Canada in February 2003, during her North America tour she visited ports on the American and Canadian Atlantic coast, retun to Ireland in October, 2003.