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Coffin ship

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The term coffin ship is used to refer to the ships that carried Irish immigrants escaping the Great Irish Famine as well as Highlanders displaced by the Highland Clearances. [1]

32 relations: Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Clann Zú, Coffin ship (insurance), County Mayo, Croagh Patrick, Cruachan (band), Eavan Boland, Float (Flogging Molly album), Flogging Molly, Frank Herbert, Great Famine (Ireland), Hannah (1849 shipwreck), Highland Clearances, Iceberg, IUniverse, John Behan (sculptor), Library and Archives Canada, Mary Robinson, Murrisk, Passenger Vessels Act 1803, President of Ireland, Primordial (band), Punk rock, Scottish Highlands, The Gathering Wilderness, The Morrigan's Call, The Pogues, The White Plague, Thousands Are Sailing, University of Manitoba, 1847 North American typhus epidemic.

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Clann Zú

Clann Zú were an Australian-Irish band that formed in late 1999 in Melbourne.

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Coffin ship (insurance)

Coffin ship is the name given to any ship that has been overinsured and is therefore worth more to its owners sunk than afloat.

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County Mayo

County Mayo (Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland.

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Croagh Patrick

Croagh Patrick, nicknamed the Reek, is a mountain and an important site of pilgrimage in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Cruachan (band)

Cruachan is a folk metal band from Dublin, Ireland that has been active since the 1990s.

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Eavan Boland

Eavan Boland (born 24 September 1944) is an Irish poet, author, professor, and activist who has been active since the 1960s.

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Float (Flogging Molly album)

Float is the fourth studio album by the Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly.

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Flogging Molly

Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk band from Los Angeles, California and led by Irish vocalist Dave King, formerly of the hard rock band Fastway.

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Frank Herbert

Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels.

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Great Famine (Ireland)

The Great Famine (an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1849.

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Hannah (1849 shipwreck)

The brig Hannah transported emigrants to:Canada during the Irish Famine.

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Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances (Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal, the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands mostly during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Iceberg

An iceberg or ice mountain is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water.

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IUniverse

iUniverse, founded in October 1999, is a self-publishing company in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.Kevin Abourezk, Lincoln Journal Star, January 22, 2008.

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John Behan (sculptor)

John Behan (born 1938) is an Irish sculptor from Dublin.

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Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) (in Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage accessible.

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Mary Robinson

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (née Bourke; Máire Bean Mhic Róibín; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish Independent politician who served as the 7th President of Ireland, she was the first female to hold this office.

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Murrisk

Murrisk is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, on the south side of Clew Bay, about 8 km west of Westport and 4 km east of Lecanvey.

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Passenger Vessels Act 1803

In 1803, the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Passenger Vessels Act.

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President of Ireland

The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland and the Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence Forces.

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Primordial (band)

Primordial is an extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; A’ Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland.

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The Gathering Wilderness

The Gathering Wilderness is the fifth studio album by Primordial, released in 2005.

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The Morrigan's Call

The Morrigan's Call is the fifth studio album by the Irish Celtic metal band Cruachan released in 2006.

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The Pogues

The Pogues were an Irish-British Celtic punk band formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan.

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The White Plague

The White Plague is a 1982 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert that explores madness and revenge on a global scale.

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Thousands Are Sailing

"Thousands Are Sailing" is a song by The Pogues, released in 1988.

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University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba (U of M, UMN, or UMB) is a public university in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

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1847 North American typhus epidemic

The typhus epidemic of 1847 was an outbreak of epidemic typhus caused by a massive Irish emigration in 1847, during the Great Famine, aboard crowded and disease-ridden "coffin ships".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_ship

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