In May of 2016, my husband and I, along with my sister, took a trip to Europe and visited several countries.  The first ...

The bones recovered from Canada's Cap-des-Rosiers beach indicated a diet low in protein and severe malnutrition, confirming ...

A fleet commemorating the 85th anniversary of the heroic effort to save Allied soldiers from incoming German troops had to ...

Federal officials are investigating a Mexican Navy vessel that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two sailors and ...

With its crisp air and stunning scenery, Tasmania is ideal for a multigenerational family holiday, with adventures to suit ...

Inside the Cobh Heritage Centre, interactive exhibitions trace the stories of Irish emigrants, convict ships, and the final hours of the Titanic and Lusitania. The centre’s atmospheric setting ...

Nearly eight years after Irish-British national Danielle McLaughlin was raped and brutally murdered in Goa, a court on Friday (February 14, 2025) convicted the lone accused in the case ...

a total of 825 convict ships transported 167,000 people to penal servitude in Australia, their destinations roughly evenly split between New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land – modern Tasmania.

Former slaves ended up as convicts; ships used in the slave trade were later used to transport convicts; crimes committed by slaves could result in transportation; and the shackles and beatings ...

The Emu was boarded and the ship captured along with its cargo of 49 female convicts. It was one of the many strange incidents in the War of 1812 and one of the longest voyages for convicts ...

An unsuccessful uprising saw many Irish nationalists, referred to as Fenians, imprisoned. In 1867, 62 Irishmen were put on a ship called the Hougoumont bound ... Image credit: Matt Read Along with the ...

But long before cruise ships moored up, prison ships carried hundreds of convicts ... During the years of the great famine in Ireland (1845 to 1852), thousands of Irish convicts arrived on the island, ...