Our Summer 2026 Maritime Speaker Series kicks off with a free lecture by local historians Mick Dick and Aidan Long!

In 1849, 176 years ago, desperate emigrants sailed from Galway to Boston, only to be shipwrecked on America’s doorstep. Today, we remember the overwhelming human tragedy and Cohasset’s compassion for the strangers on our shore.

Learn of the tragic wreck of the brig St. John, how Cohasset helped the survivors, and of the hardships back home from which these immigrants escaped.