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

Hi Jenny I have a book called "Blennerville: Gateway to Tralee" and it gives figures of the immigration from Tralee for 1828 to 1867 but nothing after that. It looks like immigration from Tralee gradually decline with only a few people leaving in 1865-1867. Mind you I don't know if the figures given here are complete. It also says that as emigration declined from Tralee, the figures from Kerry did not reduce with more people travelling on the train to Cork (Cobh). Regards Anne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenny B Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 3:12 p.m. 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 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 Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5426 (20100906) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com