Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read Frank McCourt books. Thanks, -- Donna

Hi Donna, I just picked up Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly. It is about a family immigrating during the potato to end up finally in Chicago. I have not read it yet, but I am looking forward to it. The book spans 6 generations in one family. Search on Amazon.com. That is what I did. Good Luck. Liz On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Donna Marstrander <donna@marstrander.com>wrote: > Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read > Frank McCourt books. > Thanks, > > -- > > Donna > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have just finished reading Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly is a book worth reading when your family is from the Galway Bay area such as my family is from and could relate to the area, always wonder why the rooster on the Barna Cemetery now I know, this book starts in the year 1836 and ends up in Chicago for me it was a wonderful insight on how life was for my relatives during those times and as with this family ending up in Chicago so did mine. A wonderful book, Kathy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Elizabeth Dow" <elizabethdow1@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:01 AM To: <ireland@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Irish reading material > Hi Donna, > I just picked up Galway Bay, by Mary Pat Kelly. It is about a family > immigrating during the potato to end up finally in Chicago. I have not > read > it yet, but I am looking forward to it. The book spans 6 generations in > one > family. Search on Amazon.com. That is what I did. > > Good Luck. Liz > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Donna Marstrander > <donna@marstrander.com>wrote: > >> Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have >> read >> Frank McCourt books. >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> >> Donna >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Donna, Oceans of Consolation by David Fitzpatrick is a personal account of Irish Migration to Australia ( you never said where to when migrating ) ISBN 0--8014-8230-5 Emmigrants and Exiles Irealnd and the Irish exodus to North America Kerby A Miller By Jim Rees an Irish Author Surplus People -The Fitzwilliam Clearnances and Farewell to Famine All great reads depending on what you are seeking. Cheers for now Cara A Farewell to Famine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Marstrander" <donna@marstrander.com> To: <IRELAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:08 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Irish reading material > Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read > Frank McCourt books. > Thanks, > > -- > > Donna > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - Release Date: 03/15/09 14:07:00

Hi Donna - "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt (NY>Limerick>NY) is one of my very favorites. Regarding your query - a couple books come to mind: 1. The Irish emigrants fled a land of stunning beauty (Sligo) which could no longer support their meager lives, to seek refuge in an unknown country across the perilous seas. Voyages were made from Sligo to New York. An account of this is found in "In Their Own Words, the Famine in North Connacht," by Liam SWORDS. This 490-page book published in 2000 contains diaries and letters of people leaving from the port of Sligo for NY during the famine years. There are passenger lists from these "coffin" ships and information on the important role of the Society of Friends (Quakers) during the famine. Perhaps you can locate a copy. 2. Edward LAXTON in "The Famine Ships," pub. 1996, has many fascinating accounts: Chapters deal with voyages of particular ships and history of Ireland circa 1840s/50s. "In the summer of 1847, two thousand of LORD PALMERSTON's tenants sailed from Sligo and others were routed through Liverpool - all bound for Canada. Henry John TEMPLE, the THIRD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, was very much an absentee landlord. As a career politician he was forced to spend all of his time in London. He became a cabinet minister in the British government as early as 1809, serving 15 years as Foreign Secretary, and later still, served two periods as Prime Minister. Unfortunately, the nine vessels carrying his former tenants from the port of Sligo were destined to join the ranks of the coffin ships and there was a subsequent uproar in Canada about the poor condition of the emigrants upon arrival. Protests flowed to the Colonial Secretary in London, and despite his lofty position in government, LORD PALMERSTON was officially asked for an explanation. Though ignorance should not be accepted as a deference, he deftly switched the blame to his Irish agents Messrs. KINCAID and STEWART, and their response, in a letter dated February 1, 1848 concluded: "The emigrants were unfortunately poor and without any means of support except what they could obtain by their labour, but that was their misfortune not their fault, and they were both able and willing to work for their bread and for the support of their family. Notwithstanding the reports from the authorities in Saint John and Quebec ... very favourable accounts arrive almost daily to their friends in this country from those who emigrated last year from LORD PALMERSTON's estate, and that already some of them have been able to send home money to their friends out of their earnings in the Colonies." LORD PALMERSTON was one of many who acted in much the same way. No one sought to deny that landlord emigration meant sending out of Ireland the tenants who were not wanted because they were too old or ill, or caused financial problems for their landlords, but good tenants who were young and healthy, who gave no trouble, who worked the land and paid their rents were apparently welcome to stay. There were many edges to the sword wielded by the absentee landlords." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Marstrander" <donna@marstrander.com> To: <IRELAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 7:08 AM Subject: [IRELAND] Irish reading material > Do you know of any good books to read about Irish immigration. I have read > Frank McCourt books. > Thanks, > Donna