The name Titanic evokes visions of the big screen, but a new look at this famous tragedy uncovers the ordinary lives and fragile hopes of a community that lost more than any other: the Irish. Like many other immigrants, the fourteen passengers followed in this film had given up everything for a ticket to the land of dreams. Their history had been unceremoniously cast aside until now.

The name Titanic evokes visions of the big screen, but a new look at this famous tragedy uncovers the ordinary lives and fragile hopes of a community that lost more than any other: the Irish. Like many other immigrants, the fourteen passengers followed in this film had given up everything for a ticket to the land of dreams. Their history had been unceremoniously cast aside until now.