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Episode 2: Embarking on the Ship

Episode 2: Embarking on the Ship

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This episode, 'Embarking on the Ship', looks at the ways in which emigrants covered the ground between their homes and ports of embarkation.

The information you’ll hear in this series is based on the book The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine by Cian T. McMahon. Available at:⁠https://nyupress.org/9781479808793/the-coffin-ship/

Across the Briny Ocean is a collaborative production between University of Nevada Las Vegas historian Cian T. McMahon and multi-award winning audio producer Daithí McMahon at the University of Derby.

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