> 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

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 > _______________________________________________________ > Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >