Kerry Kerry Genealogical Project, Blennerville, Co. Kerry Records being collated by John Griffin at the Urban District Council offices in Tralee. Telephone: 066 21633 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reg Volk" <[email protected]> To: "Jenny B" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > > (Note that Tralee and Blennerville are the same port) > > There were no deep water ports in Ireland. So where did the Irish board > the boats? Well, some sailed from Tralee, Cork City, and Cobh even before > 1862. By that time a railroad had been completed from Tralee to Cobh, so > few left from Tralee anymore, most went to Cobh or Cork to start their > journey. Making Cork the last port of call put the ships in warmer and > more gentle waters and were on the English route from Plymouth to the new > world. Many of the people that "went from Cork" actually went from Cobh. > Sailing out of Cobh/Cove, the Port of Cork, the large ships would anchor > at sea and they would ferry the "topping off passengers" out to the ship. > Ships also left from Limerick to Canada, taking people and bringing back > lumber. > > The only main ports of departure from Ireland were (1) going to Liverpool, > mostly families from the northern counties did that (2) Cobh/Queenstown, > mostly from the southern ports and (3) some northern people also went to > Glasgow. In much earlier years there were also departures from other > ports such as Larne. The major ports for the years of 1846-1851 were > Dublin, Newery, Galway, Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Londonderry, Waterford, > Liverpool and Silgo. > > Kerry Census 1841: 293,880 > Estimated Census 1851: 238,000 > 1841 -1851 Populaton Decrease: 19% > Estimated Deaths 1845-1850: 32,000 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reg Volk" <[email protected]> > To: "Jenny B" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry List'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 > > >> It seems that Blennerville was mainly used during the Famine Years >> 1845-1848 but... >> >> I would ask your question of Riobard O'Dwyer or try this site: >> >> http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm >> >> CHEERS-Reg-Canada >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jenny B" <[email protected]> >> To: "'Kerry List'" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:11 PM >> Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 >> >> >>>I appreciate I am in all probability not going to obtain a positive >>>location - I am looking more for the most likely departure point. >>> >>> My great grandfather Timothy SUGRUE left Gravesend on 18 September 1874 >>> bound for New Zealand aboard the Geraldine Paget. I have copies of the >>> passenger lists, Surgeons Report etc and the newspaper reports of the >>> voyage as published in the Christchurch Star after the arrival of the >>> ship at Lyttelton. >>> >>> The Captains report makes no mention of the ship having called at any >>> ports, for passengers to embark, after it had left Gravesend therefore >>> it is safe to assume that Tim had to make his way from his townland of >>> Dromavalla in the Parish of Ballymacelligott to Gravesend. >>> >>> This was 1874 - was Blennerville being used as a port at that time for >>> ships between Kerry and England or was Blennerville used more in the >>> late 1840's and 1850's as a departure point for Irish immigrants direct >>> to the US during and after the famine? >>> >>> Is it more likely in 1874, Tim would have left Kerry for Gravesend from >>> Blennerville or the Cobh of Cork? Any other options? >>> >>> Would welcome thoughts of this topic or my being directed to a good web >>> site that covers this topic. >>> >>> With thanks. >>> Jenny >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 5423 (20100904) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> _______________ >>> --------------- >>> >>> Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >>> >>> To subscribe to the Digest version of the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message. >>> >>> To visit the County Kerry Research and Resources Page go to: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/ >>> >>> Share your stuff! 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