The ''Dunbrody'' is a three-masted
barque built in
New Ross
New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around northeast of Waterford. In 2016 it had a population of 8,040 people, making it the ...
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 . The Trust refurbished a derelict dry dock for the build
Due to a funding pause the final fit-out including production of the standing and running rigging deckhouse, interior, electrics and plumbing was done by the German company navcon.naval consulting GmbH. The ship was converted to a Lloyd's Register approved passenger sailing vessel in 2006 by the German company Neptun Peenemuende GmbH. For this two main engines, a bowthruster, watertight bulkheads and a modern navigation system were added. The ship sailed to England twice in the following years.
The ''Dunbrody'' is a full-scale seagoing replica of the
''Dunbrody'', launched in 1845 and wrecked in 1875.
Since May 2001 the replica ''Dunbrody'' has been open to visitors at the quayside in
New Ross
New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around northeast of Waterford. In 2016 it had a population of 8,040 people, making it the ...
. Visitors can see an interactive exhibition and experience life on board an emigrant ship. There is also a large database, compiled in collaboration with the
Balch Institute, of emigrants who sailed from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales in the 19th century.
The hull was built with wood planking on wooden frames. The main deck was built from wooden planking on wooden deck beams. The rigging was done in 2001 with wooden masts, topmasts and spars with steel fittings. In 2006 the lower masts were changed to steel masts, but the Topmasts and spars remained the same.
In 2010 the engines and electronics were dismounted and the ship is now permanently moored alongside in New Ross.
See also
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Jeanie Johnston
''Jeanie Johnston'' is a replica of a three masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn. The replica ''Jeanie Johnston'' performs a number of functions: an ocean-going sail train ...
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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 ...
, the original ship
External links
Website of the Dunbrody replica projectCian T. McMahon, ''The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine'' (NYU Press, 2021)
2001 ships
Barques
Replica ships
Sailing ships of Ireland
Maritime history of Ireland
Tall ships of Ireland
New Ross
Museums in County Wexford
History museums in the Republic of Ireland
Maritime museums in the Republic of Ireland
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