Thank you so much, Mary. I just love your snippets from the paper. On Jul 30, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Mary Heaphy wrote: Rita, The train from Nenagh went to Limerick Junction and from there to Cork, Cobh, Galway, Waterford and Dublin. I would imagine they would have gone to America from Cobh. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Elkins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:17 AM Subject: [IRL-TIP] Train to Where? >> 7th March 1870. >> Three young men of the name of Armitage, who were leaving for >> America on >> Wednesday morning, accompanied to the early train by a number of >> friends, as >> is usual here. > > Mary or anyone, > Was there a "usual" port of departure that the train went to in the > 1870s? Thanks! Rita