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2006 Update During 2004 the Jeanie Johnston undertook a tour of Irish ports and also round Ireland sail training voyages from June to September, culminating in a voyage to La Coruna in September. During 2005 she toured Irish and UK ports, and sailed from Waterford to Cherbourg as part of the 2005 Tall Ships Race. Following the Dublin Port Authority's acquisition of the Jeanie Johnston in late 2005, the ship's home port is now Dublin. Please see the 2006 itinerary page for details of the many port visits and crew and passenger sail voyages scheduled for Summer of 2006. Anyone interested in future sail training opportunities or volunteering to work onboard Jeanie during possible future port visits is invited to e-mail the project office, or phone 066 7129999. The Jeanie Johnston is a remarkable replica of the original ship which was built in Quebec in 1847 and carried Irish emigrants from County Kerry, Ireland to the United States and Canada during the years of the Irish potato famine. The re-born 19th century wooden sailing ship - a replica of one of the last of its kind before the steam ship era dawned - was built at Blennerville, near Tralee. The project to build the tall ship began with in-depth research in 1993 and culminated in the completion of the graceful, triple-masted vessel in 2002, which is not only an exact historical replica of the original Jeanie Johnston, but is fitted with all modern safety and navigation devices onboard. |
Jeanie Johnston is visiting Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Cobh & Cork, Fenit & Dingle, also France during 2006 The Jeanie sailed in the 2005 Tall Ships Race in Waterford Tom Kindre's Book about the Jeanie project and US voyage. |
An international team of young people, linking Ireland North and South, the US, Canada and many other countries, built the replica under the supervision of experienced shipwrights. Since the ship's completion in 2002, Jeanie has visited major ports around Ireland, including Belfast, and has been greeted with great enthusiasm by the many thousands of visitors who have taken the guided tour and experienced living history onboard. Young people from both parts of Ireland were afforeded sail training opportunities thanks to the Wider Horizons project. This ground breaking project showed young people from all religious denominations how to live and work together in harmony and with mutual respect.
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The ship fulfilled her destiny during 2003; she left the home port of Fenit in County Kerry in February 2003 to undertake a nine week Atlantic crossing. Jeanie made landfall in Florida on April 15th, before commencing an eight month tour of ports along the Eastern seaboard of the US and Canada, prior to returning to Ireland in October 2003. During 2004 and 2005 she has made many short passenger and crew voyages around Ireland, to the UK and European ports. The Jeanie Johnston brings vibrant living history to visitors to the ship which is truly evocative of famine times, as well as acting as a sail training vessel and a host for private and corporate functions. |
 The Jeanie Johnston crossing the Atlantic from Ireland to the US - April 2003 |
On this website you can read a detailed history of the project and view pictures of the ship. You can view the archive of Jeanie's 2003 itinerary and also read the diaries of crew members who have sailed on the Jeanie Johnston during her 2003 tours of Irish, US and Canadian ports. Visit the project website, and for further information and a pictorial history of the project, visit the Jeanie Johnston Chronicle.
Photographs on this website courtesy of Paul Dolan, FAS media training unit, Co. Kerry.