Dunbrody Millar
Dunbrody may refer to: * ''Dunbrody (1845)'', a barque built in Quebec in 1845 and wrecked in 1875 * ''Dunbrody (2001) The ''Dunbrody'' is a three-masted barque built in New Ross between 1997 and 2001 by the J F Kennedy Trust . The build team involved participants of FAS community and unemployment schemes working with a core group of experienced shipwrights . ...

Dunbrody (1845)
The ''Dunbrody'' was a three-masted barque built in Quebec in 1845 by Thomas Hamilton Oliver for the Graves family, merchants from New Ross in Wexford. She operated primarily as a cargo vessel, carrying timber and guano to Ireland. Passenger service She was fitted with bunks and between April to September from 1845 to 1851, she carried passengers on the outward leg to North America. These passengers were people desperate to escape the Great Famine of Ireland at the time, and conditions for steerage passengers were tough. An area of 6 foot square was allocated to up to 4 passengers (who might not be related) and their children. Often 50% died on passage (they were known as "coffin ships"). However, the mortality rate on the ''Dunbrody'' was exceptionally low, no doubt due to her captains, John Baldwin and his successor John W. Williams, with passengers writing home often praising their dedication. On one passage with 313 passengers, almost twice her normal complement, only 6 ...
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