Eadar 1787 agus 1868, chaidh còig thar fhichead mìle boireannach, faisg air leth dhiubh à Èirinn, a chur air bòrd luingean-tràilleachd, airson bhòidse sia deug mìle, mìle, gu taobh eile an t-saoghail. Bha na mnathan seo a' ruighinn nan aonar no le clann òg, cuid dhiubh a bha gun pòsadh agus cuid eile nam banntraich.

Bha iad gu bhith beò, 's a' strì, agus aig a' cheann thall a' dol a bhàsachadh air talamh Astràilia. Thairis air bliadhnaichean na Gorta Mòra, chaidh ceithir mìle dìlleachdan òg a bh' ann an taighean-obrach nam bochd, a thaghadh agus a chur a-null thairis air na "Famine Bride Ships" gu na ceàrnaidhean iomallach far an robh naoi uiread de dh' fhireannaich, 's a bh' ann de bhoireannaich. Tha an t-sreath seo a' rannsachadh cho deatamach 's a bha mnathan fuadaichte na h-Èireann ann a bhith a' cruthachadh nàisean ùr Astràilia.

From 1787-1868, 25,000 convict women - nearly half of them Irish - were forcibly transported in the dark holds of ships on a 16,000 mile journey to the other side of the world. Arriving alone or with small children, these single, married and widowed women, lived, loved, toiled and died under Australian skies.

In the two-year period of the Great Famine, over 4,000 young orphan girls - inmates of the overcrowded Irish workhouses - were carefully selected and shipped on what became known as the "Famine Bride Ships" to the colonies in the outback, where men outnumbered women by nine to one. This series explores the historical importance of Irish convict women and young orphan girls in building the modern Australian nation. Show less