Ship's keel is laid by President

The keel of a £4.4 million replica of a sailing ship which will retrace the Famine era route of emigrants to the US and Canada…

The keel of a £4.4 million replica of a sailing ship which will retrace the Famine era route of emigrants to the US and Canada was laid yesterday by the President, Mrs McAleese, in Blennerville, Co Kerry.

The replica of the Jeanie Johnston, a three-masted barque, is being built under a FAS community youth training programme, which includes young people from east Belfast, Dublin, and Kerry.