Migration within Ulster The Recorded statistics show the numbers who left Ireland permanently from these counties. The Estimated statistics are much higher ...
The Growth of Belfast These figures are a reminder that towards the end of the 19th century Belfast was one of the fastest growing cities in Europe as ...
Crozier’s Row, Belfast Internal migration was also common in late 19th century Ulster. Belfast had grown rapidly, attracting new settlers from all over rural ...
An Irish Emigrant This lithograph of Erskine Nicol’s painting captures the poverty of the Irish emigrant. He is carrying a stick over his shoulder ...
Passage to Liverpool Most emigrants did not sail directly to America. Instead they went first to Liverpool where fares to America were cheaper. The ...
Emigration Agent This sketch appeared in the Illustrated London News in 1851. It shows departing emigrants paying for their fares at the emigration ...
Emigration Office The sharply rising demand for passages to America led to the opening of many more emigration offices. Sometimes fares were paid by ...
Passenger List This is part of the passenger list of a ship sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia in September 1847. You can see how many of the ...
A Priest’s Blessing This sketch shows a local parish priest giving his blessing to a group of departing emigrants. At first the Catholic Church in Ireland ...
Emigrants at Cork 1 This 1851 sketch of emigrants on the quays at Cork gives some indication of the pressure on Irish ports during and immediately after the ...
