----- Original Message ----- From: Krisha Banigan <KRISHAB3@email.msn.com> To: Dick and Mary Kiernan <rmalcolmk@prodigy.net> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Where did they leave from to go to North America ??? > Most immigrants from Carrickmacross (CMX) went from Newry and Dundalk to > Liverpool.This was a popular route for emigration. Liverpool was becoming a > little Ireland in the famine years with the population swelling with > communities of the Irish poor. Of the Monaghan emigrants I have seen, almost > all sailed from Liverpool to US, Canada, and Australia. Of course, some > emigrants left Monaghan for harvesting crops in northern England and Wales. > Others left to join families relocated in Liverpool. Some instances find > Monaghan emigrants with children born in Edinbourough (sp), Scotland. I > believe that was a stopover point to North American emigration, but of > course some families must have stayed there. > Krisha > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dick and Mary Kiernan <rmalcolmk@prodigy.net> > To: <IRL-MONAGHAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 8:05 AM > Subject: Where did they leave from to go to North America ??? > > > > I just finished looking at the passenger lists from Derry to North > America, > > for 1847--1871. The book states that great majority of the passengers were > > from County Derry, County Donegal and County Tyrone. County Femanagh > > contributed 12% and all the rest, including Monaghan, contributed only 2% > of > > the passengers... > > > > So my question is " where did the Monaghan emigrants go to catch the ship > to > > North America ??? > > > > My family left in two groups, between 1854 and 1860 and they didn't go > > through Derry... > > > > Any ideas ??? > > > > Thanks > > Dick Kiernan > > >