The enumeration of emigrants from Irish Ports did not commence till the 1st. May 1851. The nearest date to the time of the Census for which the Emigration Returns can be made up. Larry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Casey" <pcasey@compuserve.com> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Emigration Returns from County Clare 1851-1880. I wonder how the Registrar General collected this data in those turbulent times. I mean, were turnstiles erected along the borders of County Clare ? Or at the ports ? If so, did they count the ones who came back home (as happened in my family). What, for that matter, was the definition of "emigration" ? If one asks the average ex-pat nowadays whether she/he has "emigrated" the majority will say "we..ee..l, I dunno, I guess I'll go back to XY one day....". Nevertheless, the numbers are interesting. Thanks, Larry. Pádraig (the Paddy that was) -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Larry Brennan Sent: 02 January 2007 18:03 To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CLARE] Emigration Returns from County Clare 1851-1880. The following are the returns for emigration from County Clare extracted from returns published by authority of the Registrar-General:: 1851 (from 1st. May): 9,499 1852: 8,792 1853: 8,280 1854: 7,410 1855: 3,387 1856: 2,621. 1857: 3,034 1858: 2,254 1859: 1,921 1860: 2,485 1861: (to 31st. March) 350 1861: (from 1st. April) 1,763 1862: 2,975 1863: 4,897 1864: 5,527 1865: 3,785 1866: 4,869 1867: 2,866 1868: 1,611 1869: 1,671 1871 (to 31st. March): 259 1871: (from 1st. April: 1,068 1872: 1,339 1873: 2,272 1874: 1,958 1975: 1,817 1876: 1,488 1877: 1,209 1878: 1,651 1879: 1,951 1880: 3,724. 1881: (to 31st. March ) 319. Regards: Larry. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-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 IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message