For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 15, 1998
October 14, 1998
October 16, 1998
Transcript:
Mr. O'Connor: Ye've come to see us 'bout Colm O'Connor, 'ave ye? - That's 'im... Painted by 'is wife, Rebecca. He was 15 years old when 'e come to Canada by coffin ship - that's what they was called. ...Sailed from Limerick, Ireland, in 1845, with 300 souls aboard. When she put into port... 'e was the only one what made it. There was 'im, the captain of the ship an' two mates. The others all perished. In t'ose days, if you survived the voyage, you'd sailed first class.
