#OTD in 1847 – Mass Emigration.

24/07/2023.Reading time 1 minute.

A report by Canada’s Chief Superintendent of Emigration states the numbers of emigrants who had arrived this year were 56,855. In the same period of last year, 24,576 settlers reached the port, showing an increase this year of no less than 32,279. Source | Cork Examiner, 18 August 1847 The Montreal Pilot thus feelingly alludes […]

#OTD in 1807 – Birth of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB, a British civil servant and Governor of Madras.

02/04/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Trevelyan is referred to in the modern Irish folk song The Fields of Athenry about ‘An Gorta Mór’. For his actions, he is commonly considered one of the most detested figures in Irish history, along with the likes of Cromwell. Image | Charles Trevelyan accompanied by a poem written by Joe Canning SaveSave SaveSave

An Gorta Mór | Diaspóra na Gael

22/10/2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

The potato is a tuberous vegetable that is native to the Andes of South America. Following the Spanish exploration and exploitation of the South American Indians, the potato was introduced to Europe where it had a profound, beneficial effect on diets of Europeans from Ireland well into Russia. It grew well all over Western Europe […]

#OTD in 1847 – An Gorta Mór Mass Emigration.

24/07/2022.Reading time 1 minute.

#OTD in 1807 – Birth of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB, a British civil servant and Governor of Madras.

02/04/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Sidney Osborne 1846

04/12/2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“Many of a family would often be found in their cabins naked, the clothes being given to those who had to go to the depot for relief. ”Taken from ‘The Truth Behind The Irish Famine, 100 images, 400 eyewitness quotes. Signed copies here: http://www.jerrymulvihill.com

Irish Coffin Ships at Gross Isle, Canada

28/11/2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Robert Whtye – 1847 | On deck, a rope was placed around the emaciated Irish peasant. The rope was hoisted and with their heads and naked limbs dangling for a moment in mid-air, the wealth of hair of the Irish maiden, or the silvered lock s of the poor old Irish grandmother, they were finally […]

Ireland 1847

14/11/2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Emigration ship across the Atlantic. Robert Whyte “I spent a considerable part of the day watching sharks that followed in our wake with great constancy… the mate said it was a certain forerunner of death. The Triton lost 136 passengers on the voyage. All these were thrown overboard and buried in the Atlantic.” Taken from […]

An Gorta Mór | Diaspóra na Gael

22/10/2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

#OTD in 1847 – An Gorta Mór Mass Emigration.

24/07/2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

Category: Famine

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Irish Coffin Ships at Gross Isle, Canada

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Ireland 1847

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