Bridget (Biddy) Ryan who gave her address on arrival in Sydney as ‘Bruff’ is one of the intriguing stories of the Earl Grey Orphans and one we have not solved entirely. When Bridget was originally ‘selected’ by Lieutenant Henry in Listowel Workhouse, her address on the Board of Guardian Minutes on 11 September 1849 was […]
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Emigrant Ships from ...
Updated 22 December 2017. Update kindly supplied by Helen O’Carroll, Curator/Manager, Kerry County Museum. (Also Blennerville; Gateway to Tralee’s Past) View in PDF Name of Ship Destination No. on Board Date of Departure Union St. Johns N.B 87 17 May 1828 Marie British America Unknown 1 Aug 1828 Union St. John, New B. […]
Killarney to Van Die...
This is an unusual blog. Together with an Australian PhD candidate, Margaret Coffey, I am trying to identify all or some of the Killarney families who were FREE emigrants to Van Diemens Land [Tasmania] in 1837. These families were not transported there; a number of the men were tradesmen and they obviously left Kerry in […]
Kerry Emigrants to N...
We are delighted this week to promote an important database of Kerry emigrants to New Zealand between 1860 and 1875. I have always been intrigued by the number of Kerry people who emigrated there in the first half of the twentieth century, a great number of them from the Ballymacelligott area. Why New Zealand? Who […]
Cost of Ship Fares f...
Cost of Fares from the Port of Tralee (Blennerville) 1828-1877 See also a list of the Emigrant Ships from the Port of Tralee