Famine Port from Leitrim

[Mary L. Casey]

Does anyone know which port Famine Immigrants would leave from if they were from County Leitrim (northern part)? Want to trace my Leitrim relatives. I know they sailed from Liverpool to New York but want to know the port they left from in Ireland to get to Liverpool.
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MCasey863@aol.com

[Robert J. Owens]

<br>: Does anyone know which port Famine Immigrants would leave from if they were from County Leitrim (northern part)? Want to trace my Leitrim relatives. I know they sailed from Liverpool to New York but want to know the port they left from in Ireland to get to Liverpool. <p>Dear Ms. Casey:<br> I asked the same question on the Bulletin Board several months ago<br>and got no response. But since then, I have found some information in<br>Gerard MacAtasney, LEITRIM AND THE GREAT HUNGER (Carrick on Shannon:<br>Carrick on Shannon & District Historical Society, 1997.) This is a highly<br>informative book, easily available from Kenny's Bookshop in Dublin (see<br>their web site). The ISBN no. is 0-9530485-0-0.<br> On p. 75, there is a small chart showing numbers of departures from<br>1851-1855. In 1853, the most frequently used ports in descending order<br>are: Drogheda, Dublin, Killala/Ballina, Derry/Moville, Belfast,<br>Warrenpoint/Newry, and Sligo. Despite the figures in this chart, the<br>impression is given elsewhere in the book that Leitrim people used Sligo<br>town a good deal.<br> Hope this helps.<p>Bob Owens<p>
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rmmtowens@worldnet.att.net

[Michael McManus]

: Does anyone know which port Famine Immigrants would leave from if they were from County Leitrim (northern part)? Want to trace my Leitrim relatives. I know they sailed from Liverpool to New York but want to know the port they left from in Ireland to get to Liverpool. <p>Dear Mary,<p>If your relations were from North Leitrim I would<br>suggest that the most logical port for them to<br>have used was Sligo. It is the nearest, as you<br>will see by the map. My family came to England and settled here in Durham <br>during/after the famine in 1847. They were from <br>the North Roscommon parish of Kilronan. The area<br>borders Sligo and nearby Leitrim (Drumshanbo) <br>in the same area as yours were from. I know ours<br>would have used the Sligo as a port because it is <br>only 30 miles or so from Kilronan and, more<br>importantly, the local landowner's records (Tenison)<br>show that he paid for the Kilronan emigrants to<br>travel from Kilronan to Sligo to get the boat. If<br>you have an image reader facility on your computer<br>(e.g. Microsoft Photo Editor or similar) I can<br>send you an image of the estate record of Tenison<br>as an attachment to an e-mail message.<p>Sincerely,<p>Michael<br> or so from Kilronan

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Michael.McManus@durham.ac.uk

[Cathy Habes]

<br>: Does anyone know which port Famine Immigrants would leave from if they were from County Leitrim (northern part)? Want to trace my Leitrim relatives. I know they sailed from Liverpool to New York but want to know the port they left from in Ireland to get to Liverpool. <p>My Gaffney and McLaughlin ancestors who were from North Leitrim, Parish of Killargy, Townland of Altivra, left Ireland in 1850 from the port of Sligo. You've already got messages to that effect, but I thought I would add mine. Good luck!
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