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.

>From Killarney possibly from Tralee/Blennerville but most likely from Cobh/Cork. I am told that some folk from north Kerry may have used Tarbert to get round the coast to either. Flax trade used Tarbert in the 19th C.. If I recall the railway was in Killarney by around 1854 Many people entered Canada via US. Early settlers in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland came from Wexford area - I believe the people in some places there still have a distinctive accent Cheers Rod Rod O'Donoghue Author of 'Heroic Landscapes: Irish Myth and Legend' and 'O'Donoghue People and Places' Founder of The O'Donoghue Society and The Irish Folklore Centre http://www.odonoghue.co.uk Email: rod@odonoghue.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-kerry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Holdahl Sent: 11 August 2013 03:24 To: irl-kerry-l@rootsweb.com 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8676 (20130811) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 8676 (20130811) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com