This episode, 'Life at Sea', explores the ways in which emigrants used personal relationships to deal with dangers and uncertainties while out on the high ocean.

The information you’ll hear in this series is based on the book The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine by Cian T. McMahon. Available at:⁠https://nyupress.org/9781479808793/the-coffin-ship/

Across the Briny Ocean is a collaborative production between University of Nevada Las Vegas historian Cian T. McMahon and multi-award winning audio producer Daithí McMahon at the University of Derby.

This episode, 'Embarking on the Ship', looks at the ways in which emigrants covered the ground between their homes and ports of embarkation.

The information you’ll hear in this series is based on the book The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine by Cian T. McMahon.

Across the Briny Ocean is a collaborative production between University of Nevada Las Vegas historian Cian T. McMahon and multi-award winning audio producer Daithí McMahon at the University of Derby.

A preview of what to expect from this five part podcast series on the lived experience of everyday migrants during the GreatIrish Famine of the 1840s and ‘50s.

This first episode, 'Preparing to Leave', looks at the ways in which prospective emigrants gathered the resources to leave Ireland even as their way of life was literally falling apart.

The information you’ll hear in this series is based on the book The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine by Cian T. McMahon. Available at:⁠https://nyupress.org/9781479808793/the-coffin-ship/

Across the Briny Ocean is a collaborative production between University of Nevada Las Vegas historian Cian T. McMahon and multi-award winning audio producer Daithí McMahon at the University of Derby.