Hello Bernice, No I don't know which port would have been used from Wexford, possibly Dublin which is only a few miles up the coast or maybe Waterford, (a town and port as well as county) or even possible Cork. I am watching with interest for an answer to a similar question posted on this site over the weekend entitled 'Point of departure' hoping someone will reply to it. My Doyles came over to England and I presume they came Dublin - Liverpool, then the train to London, but I don't really know and sadly didn't ever think to ask my grandma when she was alive: the things we could have asked had we been interested at that time! The only thing I really remember her telling us with great amusement was that her brother came over from Ireland to find her, obviously didn't realise what a huge place London is, though he must have known which area she was in, and he went round knocking on doors asking "Does Lizzie Doyle live here?" ! Sorry I can't be of more help. Tina

List, I think that the obvious is being missed. Rosslare was the main link with the UK at one time. It's only a short hop. I have seen information somewhere that the rail companies put a lot of effort and money into the Fishguard harbour - I think that this may have been before Telford finished his road to Holyhead. Perhaps it was at Rosslare Harbour that I read it or Wexford Library. USA was primarily I believe, either Dublin-Liverpool or Cork (Cobh) I think that snippet came from the Irish Agricultural and Famine Museum at Johnstown Castle, Wexford. Alan North Wales [email protected] wrote: > Hello Bernice, > No I don't know which port would have been used from Wexford, possibly Dublin > which is only a few miles up the coast or maybe Waterford, (a town and port > as well as county) or even possible Cork. I am watching with interest for an > answer to a similar question posted on this site over the weekend entitled > 'Point of departure' hoping someone will reply to it. My Doyles came over to > England and I presume they came Dublin - Liverpool, then the train to London, but I > don't really know and sadly didn't ever think to ask my grandma when she was > alive: the things we could have asked had we been interested at that time! The > only thing I really remember her telling us with great amusement was that her > brother came over from Ireland to find her, obviously didn't realise what a > huge place London is, though he must have known which area she was in, and he > went round knocking on doors asking "Does Lizzie Doyle live here?" ! > Sorry I can't be of more help. > Tina > > > ==== WEXFORD Mailing List ==== > To do a search of the Wexford Archives go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >