Although headed for Quebec, the ship’s manifest stated Livingston, Montana, as the onward destination. You can find the book online at kennys.ie  Cork University Press and Amazon, Edited by Christine Kinealy and Gerard Moran. On arrival,  John, Cath and children journeyed onwards, to Grosvenordale Textile Mills in Connecticut. The following link is to video clips, recorded at the Quinnipiac University Conference, Hamden, Connecticut. Standing next to a section of the Exhibition featuring the Lyncheron family, is Martin’s Grandson Ken with his family! Our  www.blacksodbayemigration.ie and  https://blacksodbayemigration.wordpress.com/ descendants’ site, were brought about by transcribing manifests and a great deal of continued Local History research, to form a focal point for descendants of the families of our communities. I am indebted to all at the Heritage Centre. Carole’s Great, Grandmother was Margaret Cawley aged 8, when she boarded the Nestorian, along with her parents and siblings. Ellen’s  late husband was James Coristine, son of Charles Coristine of Belmullet. James eventually settled in Pennsylvania. She is survived by her husband and seven children, the oldest a girl aged 16 years, and the youngest a baby 1 year old. Thomas Mulgrew (1889-? Doolough to Warren, Rhode Island. As with many Toughers arriving in the United States, the name Tougher in Canada,  became Tucker. SS Prussian, Michael, Anna (Dixon) Barrett Family, also Pat, Mary and Sarah (O’Reilly) Dixon, Leam, Binghamstown to Minneapolis, Minnesota. On the 10th of May 1884, the Allan Line Steamship SS Corean lay anchored in Blacksod Bay, awaiting her passengers. Bridget was formerly Bridget Meenahan from Gortmellia. The small townland of Leam situated close to Elly Bay on the Mullet Peninsula, was home to Pat and Cath (Dixon) Monaghan with their seven sons, Michael 13, Anthony 11, John 9, Patrick 7, William 5, Peter 3 and Thomas 1. Andrew at Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre Eachléim, Blacksod. Information is taken from Ellis Island Database and other sources. The ship’s manifest stated, “No destinations given, all Tuke’s passengers” On the 3rd of May the SS Scandinavian arrived at Quebec. Mayo was one of the counties worst affected by emigration in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Descendants of the Kennedy and Ginnelly (McGinley) families met up in St. Paul, Minnesota to remember their ancestors’ journey from Blacksod Bay to the United States. The workhouse was officially opened in 1846 and was in use up to 1926. SS Prussian 1883, Bryan, Margaret (Curregan) McManmon Family, Tonatanvally, Achill Island to Cleveland, Ohio (via Quebec). Florence Mulgrew (1896-1934), moved to Milwaukee with her brother, John, she married, Clayton Roblee, son of Melvin Roblee and Josephine “Nancy” Large. Patrick and Mary Lavelle with their family, Edward 19, Bridget 17, Mary 14, Nancy 11, James 9, Thomas 5 and Cath age 1, emigrated from the small coastal townland, of Devlane, Clogher, on the Mullet Peninsula, County Mayo. I am 82 now and feel a sense of closure with this side of my family. The ‘Mullet Peninsula’ is the Kilmore Erris, Church Parish, Diocese of Killala. Patrick Murphy was just six months old, when he and his brother James age three, along with parents Peter and Honor Murphy,  boarded SS Phoenician  on the 27th April 1883. We see the southern tip of the “Mullet Peninsula” showing Blacksod and the Memorial Garden, dedicated to the memory of the families who emigrated in 1883-84. Christine Kinealy is Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University. SS Austrian, Ann (Gaughan) Geraghty & Family, Drum, Binghamstown to Minneapolis. By 1851, it is estimated that one million Irish people had died and another million had emigrated, many leaving from Mayo ports for England, America and Australia. Mayo was one of the counties worst affected by emigration in the nineteenth and twentieth century. SS Corean 1884. Maryanne Dunmire travelled from Detroit, Michigan, to the townland of  Fallmore, to see with her own eyes, the home of her Reilly / Heveran ancestors. Many years later another William Monaghan stood in the village of Leam………also Maryagnes in their Grandfather’s footsteps. Welcome back again. Various aspects of emigration from Ireland and Mayo, in particular, can be investigated below. Max Leighton, a great, great grandson of Bridget, made the journey back to Tipp from Toronto. New research, methodologies and approaches have greatly added to our understanding of the causes, impact and legacies of this tragedy. Great-Granddaughter of Bridget Tougher, Tip, Belmullet, travels from Toronto, Canada. County Mayo was one of the counties to suffer most and in commemoration the following article was included in a report from Mayo County Council. The destination stated on the ship’s manifest was to Delaware, Ohio. Bill and Jerrilyn McAndrew, from Colorado, U.S.A. recently visited Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre in Eachléim. As a relief measure, the government imported large quantities of maize from America which became known as 'Peel's brimstone' because of the ill effects it had on the digestive system. Raiders entered the home of a bank manager holding his family hostage while he took the thieves to the branch. (as were other families we now remember) The Lavelle family travelled from their home, in the townland of Inver, Knocknalower, County Mayo, to board the SS Nestorian Friday, 30th March 1883 at Blacksod Bay. Descendant, Michael Potts has carried out extensive research into his family history. Richard, Dyan and Max  also attended a Tougher Family Re-union, organized by Anna Lynskey and held in Cartron, at Turas Siar Irish Language, Culture Research and Genealogy Centre ran by Pap and Catherine Murphy. Peter is a Grandson of James who was age 17 on the sailing of SS Nestorian. Tom is a great grandson of Patrick Monaghan Jnr and Maggie (Reilly) Monaghan. On the return journey to Lousiburgh, many perished. A family travelling together, is more likely to be found and accurately recognized, by other members of the sailing party (as seen with the Coristine – O’Malley Family). Anne and Katie, by pure coincidence, also left the Mullet Peninsula on the 19th May (2018) after re-establishing a bond, with the home of their Lavelle family ancestors. The effect of emigration in the west of Ireland. This material may not be replicated in any form or manner without the prior express permission of RTÉ. He adopted the name “Hughes” so he could play professionally while attending college. The Nestorian arrived in Boston on the evening of 15th April, the families of our communities disembarked the next morning. A life changing journey lay ahead of them. With gratitude, Scholars, students and researchers of all disciplines are welcome to submit a proposal. I have traced the following Corcoran Family from Bohola, County Mayo to Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Dominick, Bridget (Meenahan) Barrett Family, Mullet Peninsula to Delaware, Ohio. RTÉ would like to hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified here so that the necessary corrections can be made. Michael’s Great Grandfather Thomas Hopkins was age 13, when he boarded SS Manitoban with his parents and siblings at Blacksod Bay,  Brian is also a descendant of Thomas Hopkins and his Veasey family was from Achill. The Meenahan cousins had emigrated to Delaware some years earlier. Carole Thomson and daughter Carolyn travelled from New York State, back to Blacksod Bay. They settled in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut.” Sharing with descendants, a video clip taken recently, October 2016 by Eamon Mangan. 'From the town to the Quay, on the Workhouse line, the people are lying along the road, in temporary sheds, constructed of weeds, potato tops . Blacksod Bay Emigration at Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre, is privileged to see so many descendants, travelling great distances back to the homeplace of their ancestors. No destination was stated for the family, on the ship’s manifest. When the anchor was raised and SS Manitoban left the Bay, 247 extra Passengers were onboard headed for the Port of Quebec. Where there was an established Achill Community. Many thanks, to Peter McManmon for leaving a comment on the site in 2017. . The above photograph is of Patrick and Catherine (Walsh) McManmon, who with their family James 17, Francis 9, Peter 7 and Michael 5 emigrated from Bunahouna, near Glencastle, Belmullet, County Mayo. 1846 brought disaster. Granddaughter, Helen Marie Keogh and her family, travelled from New York back to Aughadoon, the homeplace of their ancestors. Roger Swift and Sheridan Gilley described three primary emigration routes in their book The Irish in the Victorian City: "1. Re-establishing a bond, broken so many years ago. (just in case anyone missed it) Jane’s family were Anthony, Mary (Reilly) Kennedy and children, who left from Cross, Binghamstown, Belmullet. Barbara and husband James made the journey back to Blacksod and Doolough in Erris, from California. Katie left a message on this site: To Richard Le Maire, (The Geraghty surname for many families leaving Mayo at this time and later, often became known as Garrity). The Irish were drawn to this area because of the jobs available in canal construction, railway development and road construction. The Geraghty family left onboard SS Nestorian 30th March 1883. Through the ongoing research, almost all the families who boarded SS Nestorian at Blacksod Bay, 30th March 1883 are remembered in some way. In September Dr Lavelle of Shrule died of fever. On the Ship’s Manifest it stated “no destinations given, all Tuke’s passengers”. Mary’s husband Patrick had travelled out, before the rest of the family. My Cousins shared the song on a cassette with me initially when I was there. Ann (Gaughan) Geraghty along with her family, Mary age 24, Pat 22, Ellen 20, Kate 18, James 9, Annie 6 and Lizzie 4, emigrated from the townland of Drum, near Binghamstown, situated on the Mullet Peninsula. In June, 1847, The Mayo Constitution reported that fever and dysentery were committing ravages in Ballindine, Ballinrobe, Claremorris, Hollymount, Ballina, Westport and Belmullet. This may be by descendants, or finding a Birth, Baptismal or Marriage Record, sourced here in their ancestral homeplace of County Mayo. Many thanks to all, who met with Carole and Carolyn at Ionad Deirbhile Heritage Centre. Most families remained there, as recorded on the 1900 US Federal Census. Great Grandfather also of Erin and Megan Murphy and Griffin Deebach. She married Michael Mulgrew of Murrevagh, Co. Mayo, son of Bryan Mulgrew and Honora Grealis, in the Newport Chapel on May 11, 1881. The letters sent home by Irish emigrants were investigated in an EU funded project entitled EMILE (Early EMIgrant LEtter) project in 2005. Thank you to Thomas J. Barrett, descendant of Sarah’s sibling Anthony (born in Minneapolis), who has been corresponding with the Centre for many years, and kindly shared research of his ancestors’ journey with us. There is no point in looking with envy on what might to us be a simpler life and therefore trying to preserve it. Families of Erris, Achill and Newport West, all journeyed together. Under the Poor Law Act of 1838, Mayo was divided into five areas or unions which administered relief: Ballina, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Swinford and Westport. Anthony and Margaret Barrett’s descendants in Blacksod (An Fód Dubh). He ended up staying in Massachusetts”. ), Anthony, Mary McManmon and Family, Tallaghanduff, Doohoma to St. Paul, Minnesota SS Waldensian. All other queries, direct to: ighi@quinnipiac.edu. Annie Geraghty’s parents were James and Bridget (Lynch) Geraghty, from Termoncarra, in the North of the Peninsula.