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Coffin Ship
A coffin ship () is a popular idiom used to describe the ships that carried Irish migrants escaping the Great Irish Famine and Highlanders displaced by the Highland Clearances. Coffin ships carrying emigrants, crowded and disease-ridden, with poor access to food and water, resulted in the deaths of many people as they crossed the Atlantic, and led to the 1847 North American typhus epidemic at quarantine stations in Canada. Owners of coffin ships provided as little food, water and living space as was legally possible, if they obeyed the law at all. With death rates commonly reaching 20 percent and horror stories of 50 percent dying, these vessels soon became known as ''coffin ships''. Those who died were buried at sea. While coffin ships were the cheapest way to cross the Atlantic, mortality rates of 30 percent aboard the coffin ships were common. It was said that sharks could be seen following the ships, because so many bodies were thrown overboard. Legislation Legislatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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: it is an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea, and in port, it converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue. Original ship The original ''Jeanie Johnston'' was bought by Tralee-based merchants John Donovan & Sons, as a cargo vessel and traded successfully between Tralee and North America for a number of years. The trading pattern was to bring emigrants from Ireland to North America, and then to bring timber back to Europe. Famine voyages The ship made a voyage from County Kerry to Quebec on 24 April 1848, with 193 emigrants on board, as the effects of the Great Famine ravaged Ireland. Between 1848 and 1855, the ''Jeanie Johnston'' made 16 voyages to North America, sailing to Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority. The population was 137,231 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time. Geography It is bounded on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by County Galway; on the east by County Roscommon; and on the northeast by County Sligo. Mayo is the third-largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and 18th largest in terms of population. It is the second-largest of Connacht's five counties in both size and population. Mayo has of coastline, or approximately 21% of the total coastline of the State. It is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gathering Wilderness
''The Gathering Wilderness'' is the fifth studio album by Irish extreme metal band Primordial, released in 2005. It was their debut for the Metal Blade label. The digipak comes with a bonus DVD featuring a documentary detailing the making of the album. The album is in part dedicated to the memory of Quorthon Thomas Börje Forsberg (17 February 1966 – 3 June 2004),Date stated in the death notice for Ace Börje Forsberg that his family put in the swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter on 23 June 2004, the death notice also included the lyrics to the Batho .... Track listing Credits * A.A. Nemtheanga – Vocals * Ciáran MacUiliam – Guitars * Michael O'Floinn – Guitars * Pól MacAmlaigh – Bass * Simon Ó Laoghaire – Drums References 2005 albums Primordial (band) albums Metal Blade Records albums {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primordial (band)
Primordial are an Irish extreme metal band from Skerries, Dublin, Skerries, County Dublin. The band was formed in 1993 by bassist Pól MacAmhlaigh and guitarist Ciarán MacUiliam. Their sound blends black metal with Celtic music. History The band's roots stretch back to 1987 when Pól and Ciarán first began playing together with Pól's brother, Derek. The band (who were called Forsaken for a brief period) initially played a rough, hybrid mix of early, primitive thrash metal, thrash and death metal (playing covers of Death (metal band), Death, Sepultura and the like). Vocalist Alan Averill, Nemtheanga joined the band after seeing an advertisement for a singer in Dublin specialist metal store The Sound Cellar in 1991. According to Primordial lore, the ad was pasted over no more than 2 hours after it being put up. Upon Nemtheanga's joining the band, the band started to pursue a darker direction citing influence from Bathory (band), Bathory, Celtic Frost and the emerging Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruachan (band)
Cruachan (; named after the archaeological site of Rathcroghan, also known as Cruachan) are an Irish folk metal band from Dublin that have been active since the 1990s. They are recognised as one of the founders of folk metal, and have been acclaimed as having "gone the greatest lengths of anyone in their attempts to expand" the genre. With a specific focus on Celtic music and the use of Celtic mythology in their lyrics, Cruachan's style of folk metal is called Celtic metal. History Keith Fay had formed a Tolkien-inspired black metal band named after the city of Minas Tirith in 1991. Around the same time, he began listening to more folk music and picked up Skyclad debut album '' The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth''. Originally released in 1990, this "ambitious" and "groundbreaking" album made an impact on Fay and he set out to combine black metal with the folk music of Ireland. In 1992, Keith Fay formed Cruachan with a demo recording distributed in 1993. Keith Fay also credits th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ships
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenn Gordon & 1916
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Kenn or KENN may refer to: Places *Kenn, Devon, a village in England *Kenn, Germany, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany *Kenn, Somerset, a village in England Other uses *Kenn (Japanese actor) *KENN (AM), American radio station See also *Kenne *Kann (other) KANN (1120 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Roy, Utah, United States, the station serves the Ogden/Salt Lake City area. The station is currently owned by Faith Communications Corporation. KANN sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FanSided
FanSided is a network of more than 301 commercial American sports, lifestyle, and entertainment websites and newsletters. It was co-founded and launched in 2009 by brothers Zach Best and Adam Best. The network was sold to Time Inc. in May 2015. Since January 2020 FanSided network has been owned by Minute Media and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.Lewis Lazare"How Time Inc.'s FanSided.com network is putting down roots in Chicago" ''Chicago Business Journal'', September 9, 2016. History Establishment The FanSided sports blog network traces its roots to 2007, when Adam Best and Zach Best, brothers from Springfield, Missouri, launched a blog dedicated to the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League called ''Arrowhead Addict.''Thomas Gounley"Fan-focused websites started by Hillcrest grads acquired by publisher of Sports Illustrated,"''Springfield ONews-Leader,'' June 9, 2015. The brothers possessed complementary skills for establishment of a sports blog, with Adam ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 (TV Series)
''1923'' is an American Western drama television series. The series is a prequel to the Paramount Network series ''Yellowstone.'' It serves as a sequel to the series '' 1883'', with Isabel May reprising her role from the latter as narrator Elsa Dutton. The first season premiered on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+ and consists of eight episodes. The second and final season premiered on February 23, 2025, and consists of eight episodes. Premise The series follows a generation of the Dutton family in 1923, during a time of various hardships including Prohibition, drought, and the early stages of the Great Depression, which affected Montana long before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Cast and characters Main * Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton, Matriarch of the Dutton family, wife of Jacob Dutton. Having no children, Jacob and Cara raised John Sr. and Spencer Dutton as their own. * Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton, Patriarch of the Dutton family, Cara's husband, and older brother of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowstone (American TV Series)
''Yellowstone'' is an American Contemporary Western, neo-Western Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson for Paramount Network. The series premiered on June 20, 2018, and ended on December 15, 2024, after five seasons consisting of 53 episodes. It stars Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, and Gil Birmingham in main roles. The plot follows the conflicts along the shared borders of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, the Broken Rock Indian reservation, Yellowstone National Park, and land developers. In 2013, Sheridan began work on the series, having recently grown tired of acting, and switched to screenwriting. Having lived in the rural parts of states such as Texas and Wyoming, Sheridan set the series in Montana and the first episodes in Livingston, Montana, Livingston. Sheridan initially pitched the series to HBO, but the network declined. In May 2017, Paramount Network announced tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thousands Are Sailing
"Thousands Are Sailing" is a song by the Pogues, released in 1988. The song is an Irish folk style ballad, written by Philip Chevron, and featured on the Pogues' album ''If I Should Fall from Grace with God''. History Chevron wrote "Thousands Are Sailing" about the mass emigration of some 450,000 people from Ireland during the economic slump of the 1980s, paralleling the exodus during the Great Famine of the mid-1800s. Unlike in previous generations, tightening American immigration law resulted in these new Irish finding it difficult to obtain visas to settle legally in the United States, referenced in the lines "Where the hand of opportunity / Draws tickets in a lottery". By the end of the 1980s, there were as many as 200,000 undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States, about a third of them living in the New York metropolitan area. "Obviously I was aware that New York was full of Irish people because a lot of them were coming to see us when we played there. I've alwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pogues
The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish language, Irish phrase :wikt:póg mo thóin, ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse"—the band fused Irish traditional music with punk rock influences. Initially poorly received in traditional circles—folk musician Tommy Makem labelled the band "the greatest disaster ever to hit Irish music"—they were later credited with reinvigorating the genre. After their founding, the Pogues added more members, including James Fearnley and Cait O'Riordan, and built a reputation playing raucous live shows in London pubs and clubs. After opening for the Clash on their 1984 tour, they released their first studio album, ''Red Roses for Me'', featuring a mix of traditional Irish songs and original compositions by MacGowan. Elvis Costello produced their second album, ''Rum Sodomy & the Lash'' (1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
