I had the same question about why my grandfather from Armagh went to Kentucky: "Why Kentucky of all places?". I did find that 20 years before that his maternal uncle and also a cousin had gone there, so my grandfather had a good reason--a support system in place at the destination--but I still don't know why the uncle went there! As to where they would have landed in the U.S., I found that the uncle had first landed in New Orleans, but my grandfather landed in New York. If you can find their naturalization records you might be able to find out where they first landed. That's how I found out. Good luck! ________________________________ From: Shirley Holdahl <saholdahl@msn.com> To: "irl-kerry-l@rootsweb.com" <irl-kerry-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:24 AM Subject: [IRL-KERRY] Killarney Does anyone have a clue as to where immigrants from Killarney might set sail to the US in 1872 and if Canada might be a destination?  My John and Kate OConnor with my grandmother, baby Mary Jo, came to Tennessee in 1872, but I have not been able to find them on a ships list. They were originally from Ballylongford/Tarbert area of North Kerry. Why Tennessee of all places?  That's a mystery.  John was a shoemaker so could have settled anywhere. Still looking for their parents in Kerry also, but I have found some possibilities in the Kerry church records. Thanks for any suggestions. Shirley White Bear Lake, MN.                         _______________ ---------------        Policies of the IRL-Kerry List: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/mailing.html                                              To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com 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 IRL-KERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com 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!  If you transcribed research data, share it with the Irish genealogy community. Contribute it to the Kerry website to reach a wide audience. Contact Ann Hammer, data maintenance.  Her contact info is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/contrib.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-KERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message