Hi List, I was in Blennerville last week, now in Herefordshire. These photos are of the ships names that left Tralee during that period. It seems that the population then moved to Cork for depart. The windmill and the museum where the book is, is well worth a visit as it has a good street diorama and a story on how the emigrants were treated. The Blennerville book is quite a large heavy tome with a list of names of those mentioned in the book at the back. But not a list of all those who left from there. You will have to locate the ships' manifests from somewhere to check it. Good luck. Fred.. -----Original Message----- From: Fred [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 6 September 2010 1:30 AM To: 'Jenny B' Subject: RE: [IRL-KERRY] Immigration Departure Ports 1874 Hi, here are photos of all the ships departing from Blennerville. I have just left there, pity you were not 1 day earlier with the em. Hope it helps Fred .. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenny B Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 3:12 PM To: 'Kerry List' 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