robin mullaney <rcay1414@sbcglobal.net> posted: >> I'm looking for ancestors who came over from Sligo Ireland in 1869. There are ports in Sligo Ireland but I never see a ship list/manifest from there. I mostly see ships from Liverpool via Queenstown or Limerick or Glasgow. Has anyone ever seen a ship list from a Sligo port? >> Limerick (particularly) and Sligo were important ports of emigration when small sailing ships were used. However these ended by about 1850. Larger sailing ships usually sailed from Liverpool or a major Irish port. From 1860 onwards steamships tended to sail from Liverpool or Glasgow and make an Irish stop at Queenstown (Cork) or Moville/Lough Foyle/ Derry/Londonderry. I would think Londonderry was a likely port for Sligo people in 1869. I see a few sailing ships from Limerick noted in New York arrivals when I'm reading the New York Times (1850s) but there are very few. -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Robin: The Sligo "Research" Library, has a List of all ships that sailed from the port of Sligo. Unfortunately, you must go to the library and look at the list. You can take notes, but they won't let you copy it. Please note, this is the Research Library, and NOT the regular library. I was able to get a summary of all the ships leaving Sligo, during the time frame I was interested in, and by the process of elimination, and the help of an Obituary that said the person left 6 weeks after she was born ( I was able to get her baptism info from Drumcliff Parish Register). There was only 1 ship leaving Sligo, during the dates I had established. Thus, even though there was not a passenger list for the ship, I am reasonably confident it was the correct ship. Regards Jim White Naples, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Dodsworth" <af877@freenet.carleton.ca> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:38 AM Subject: [TSL] Re: Sligo Ports & Ships - 1869 > > robin mullaney <rcay1414@sbcglobal.net> posted: >>> > I'm looking for ancestors who came over from Sligo Ireland in 1869. > There are ports in Sligo Ireland but I never see a ship list/manifest > from there. I mostly see ships from Liverpool via Queenstown or > Limerick or Glasgow. Has anyone ever seen a ship list from a Sligo port? >>> > > Limerick (particularly) and Sligo were important ports of emigration > when small sailing ships were used. However these ended by about 1850. > Larger sailing ships usually sailed from Liverpool or a major Irish port. >>From 1860 onwards steamships tended to sail from Liverpool or Glasgow > and make an Irish stop at Queenstown (Cork) or Moville/Lough Foyle/ > Derry/Londonderry. I would think Londonderry was a likely port for Sligo > people in 1869. > I see a few sailing ships from Limerick noted in New York arrivals when > I'm reading the New York Times (1850s) but there are very few. > > -- > Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > TheShipsList Searchable Archives Database > http://www.oulton.com/cwa/newsships.nsf/by+date > TheShipsList RootsWeb Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TheShipsList/ > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > >