The books we have, have very little Mayo specific, assisted emigration data. That was why I thought I would GOOGLE and come up with online data. I did, but again, not Mayo specific. Good idea re: Westport Heritage at the Quay. Will "E" mail Aidan to see if he can suggest some avenues/books to pursue on this side of the ocean. I have a list of books I got off GOOGLE which I'll submit to our county library to see if they might have them. The issue is that this type of reference book is just not the type they usually have a great call for, so don't really purchase them for reference. Your suggestion about Westport Heritage is good. Thanks Mary Ellen Oceanstrands <oceanstrands@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Mary Ellen, 1)Have you looked in the Mayo history books and periodicals you mentioned you have in your personal collection? 2)Since you're a member of the Westport Historical Society and know staff there, have you asked them? 3) Have you looked in your local public library in the US for information about it? Oceanstrands --- Mary Ellen Chambers wrote: > I have GOOGLED and found information re: Government > and private organization who assisted Irish > emigration to Canada, Australia, USA and other parts > of the world in the 19th and 20th century. > > However, I can find no Mayo specific data which I > understand happened. Would anyone on the list have > any thoughts re: this. Direct me to where it might > be available. > > Thanks in advance. > > Mary Ellen Chambers > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thought you said in our discussion about the Famine, and the fact there was only one Famine, that you had alot of Mayo-specific and Irish history books in your collection and would look at those for information about the Mayo crop failure of 1879. Your county library has to have interlibrary loan??? Libraries have interlibrary loan because each library really can't have all books on all topics but they can borrow them from other libraries. Are you writing a dissertation or historical paper for an organisation about the topic of assisted emigration? --- Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > The books we have, have very little Mayo specific, > assisted emigration data. That was why I thought I > would GOOGLE and come up with online data. I did, > but again, not Mayo specific. Good idea re: > Westport Heritage at the Quay. Will "E" mail Aidan > to see if he can suggest some avenues/books to > pursue on this side of the ocean. I have a list of > books I got off GOOGLE which I'll submit to our > county library to see if they might have them. > The issue is that this type of reference book is > just not the type they usually have a great call > for, so don't really purchase them for reference. > Your suggestion about Westport Heritage is good. > Thanks > > Mary Ellen > > Oceanstrands <oceanstrands@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Mary Ellen, > > 1)Have you looked in the Mayo history books and > periodicals you mentioned you have in your personal > collection? > > 2)Since you're a member of the Westport Historical > Society and know staff there, have you asked them? > > 3) Have you looked in your local public library in > the > US for information about it? > > Oceanstrands > > --- Mary Ellen Chambers > wrote: > > > I have GOOGLED and found information re: > Government > > and private organization who assisted Irish > > emigration to Canada, Australia, USA and other > parts > > of the world in the 19th and 20th century. > > > > However, I can find no Mayo specific data which I > > understand happened. Would anyone on the list have > > any thoughts re: this. Direct me to where it might > > be available. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Mary Ellen Chambers > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to IRL-MAYO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >

Ireland had many famines and potato blights. There was a crop failure in the late 1720s 1739-1741 - This was called Bliadhain an air (the year of the slaughter), one fourth of Ireland's population died our of a population of 2,400,000 There were famines in 1800-01, 1816-1819, 1821- 1822, 1830-31. There was a potato failure in 1879 and another famine. To address the land issue and evictions Michael Davitt started the Land League which Charles Stewart Parnell was the first president. There were also a lot of evictions during this time period. County Mayo and Sligo were the hardest hit. There is a good article which explains about the lead up to the 1879 famine as well as the evictions. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/after.htm article by Philip Gavin Liam Swords wrote an excellent book - The Famine in North Connacht 1845-1849. There is an excellent series of four books about the History of County Mayo. The information is taken J.F. Quinn's articles which appeared in the Western People. I purchased a book about the Famine in the Swinford area. Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread)