Cobh, formerly Queenstown before reverting to its old Irish name in 1922, is the Codh (cove) of Cork, south east Ireland. This estuary was the principal embarkation point for free female emigrants to Australia and America after 1845. The sailing ships would invariably begin their journey in Liverpool, thence to Queenstown picking up thousands of penniless Irish men and women wanting to leave to build a new life, especially in the famine years of 1844-48.The ships thereafter sailed south to the new world. My great grandmother, Ann England from Co Armagh was one of these young ladies, marrying and settling in Maryborough, Australia. As an aside there is a very impressive monument to Annie Moore on the foreshore of Cobh. She became the first ever emigrant to be processed in Ellis Island, NY Noel Blake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Dodsworth" <af877@freenet.carleton.ca> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:24 AM Subject: Re: [TSL] Sailing Route > > "Keith Hazzard" <hazzardsk@dodo.com.au> posted: > >> Can someone tell me the route taken by ships from Liverpool & Belfast >> to the USA in the 1850s. > > Assuming Keith means sailing ships, I would think most ships > from Liverpool to New York would go round the south of Ireland. > However if a steady south wind was present, they could go north > about Ireland. > It was uncommon for sailing ships to make intermediate stops, > so Liverpool - Belfast - New York would have been unusual. > I think sailings from Belfast to New York would probably have > gone north of Ireland. > After crossing the Atlantic, shipping routes converged on the > Grand Banks, east of Newfoundland, and then generally converged > again in the Nantucket area, near Cape Cod, to pick up a New York > pilot. > > -- > Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from LIST - mailto:TheShipsList-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBSCRIBE from DIGEST - mailto:TheShipsList-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Leave Subject Line empty * Put Only: UNSUBSCRIBE in body of message > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > >