Bibliograph

North America's maritime funnel, the ships that brought the Irish, 1749-1852, Terrence M. Punch, CM, FRSAI, FIGRS

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North America's maritime funnel, the ships that brought the Irish, 1749-1852, Terrence M. Punch, CM, FRSAI, FIGRS

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-23) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

North America's maritime funnel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

812571040

Responsibility statement

Terrence M. Punch, CM, FRSAI, FIGRS

Sub title

the ships that brought the Irish, 1749-1852

Summary

"The Maritime Provinces of Canada -- New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island -- were a convenient destination for tens of thousands of Irish immigrants between 1749 and 1852. Functioning as the narrow end of a funnel through which thousands dispersed widely across the North American continent, the Maritimes offered easy access and cheap fares, beckoning immigrants from Ireland's catchment areas along the waterways of Dublin, Londonderrry, and Cork. In all, there is documentation on about 1,050 voyages between Ireland and the Maritimes, and in this book Mr. Punch provides a chronological list of the voyages, gives names of the vessels, their port and date of departure as well as their port of arrival, indicates the number of passengers, sometimes their names and destination, and adds a great variety of information concerning passengers and crew and the voyages themselves"--Publisher's description

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Ships that brought the Irish, 1749-1852

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