num_pages: 144
description: 1847... Gerard Keegan, a schoolteacher, and his young bride left County Sligo to travel aboard the now infamous coffin ships to Canada. In his diary Gerard Keegan charts the reality of famine and emigration--relatives seeking his advice, the walk from Sligo to Dublin, fever on board the ship, a fight with the first mate, a catch of fish, storms, sighting whales, the passengers' first sight of land--and the bittersweet fate of those who survived to reach the promised New World.
language: English
title: Gerard Keegan's Famine Diary: Journey to a New World
titlecomplete: Gerard Keegan's Famine Diary: Journey to a New World
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Wolfhound Pr