The Departure
The visit starts at the 'William Graves & Son' ticket office, a living emigration museum exhibition showing a country in crisis, where you overhear emigrant voices before an audio-visual introduces the voyage.
Dunbrody Famine Ship Experience
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About
An authentic reproduction of an 1840s emigrant vessel moored on the New Ross quayside, where costumed performers and guided tours relive the Irish famine emigration. It is a designated Heritage Island Premier Attraction and a Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice winner.
Things to Do
The Voyage below decks
On board, your guide explains life on the 'Coffin Ships': steerage passengers packed below for crossings of up to six weeks, allowed on deck barely an hour a day, facing disease and storms.
The Emigrant Flame
Beside the ship, a flame lit in 2013 from the eternal flame at President Kennedy's graveside burns permanently in memory of emigrants worldwide.
Board the Dunbrody
A guided tour with costumed performers brings the famine emigrant story to life aboard an authentic reproduction of an 1840s emigrant vessel, moored at the New Ross quayside. The tour is fully wheelchair and buggy accessible.
Savannah Landing Point
A permanent exhibition depicts what Irish immigrants met on arriving in Savannah, Georgia, with a hand-drawn 1851 city map, bales of cotton and interactive screens telling twelve emigrant success stories.
Irish America Hall of Fame
Housed in the visitor centre, this portrait gallery and audio-visual honours Irish-American leaders inducted annually since 2010, from presidents to artists and community figures.
Eat at the Captain's Table
The on-site restaurant overlooks the River Barrow and quayside, serving breakfast, sandwiches, pizza and Sunday roasts. A shop stocks Irish heritage books and souvenirs.
Plan Your Visit
- Hours: Open 362 days a year. April-September 9am-6pm (last tour 5pm); October-March 9am-5pm (last tour 4pm).
- Admission: Adults €15, seniors €14, students/children €10, under-4s free
- Parking: Three Pay & Display car parks sit around the visitor centre at €1 per hour; Maher's car park about 500m away costs €2.50 for the day and has an Ecars charge point. Parking is free on Sundays.
- Food: The Captain's Table Restaurant on site is open Tuesday-Sunday, serving breakfast (10am-12pm), sandwiches, pizza and, on Sundays, roasts; the gift shop sells Irish heritage books and souvenirs.
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