Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

KANGAROO GEORGE INDUSTRY

T Prosser J Power Allison

St John 7 Jun St John 21 Jun St John 29 Jun 1841 Quebec 7 Jul 1841 Quebec 11 Aug 1841 Quebec 6 Sep Quebec 25 Aug 1841

emigrants emigrants emigrants 97 emigrants 112 emigrants 36 passengers

8 9 12 1 8 12 1 8 9 12

13 May 13 May

LA PLATA

Thomas Walsh

47 d

2 9

CLIFTON

James Bisson

15 Jun

57 d

1 2 8

LORD SANDON George Feneran

3 emigrants 2 8

WOODLAND CASTLE B-LIST Lord Sandon

John Myles

2 July

2 8

– of Cork arrived at St John NB from Kinsale 22 May.

– (port unknown) sailed 27 Apr and arrived at St John NB from Cork 19 Jun with emigrants. – (port unknown) sailed for St John NB from Cork 6 Apr with emigrants. --(port unknown) sailed for New York from Cork 6 Apr with emigrants. – of Newcastle sailed for St John NB from Cork 11 Apr with emigrants. Arrived 25 May. – (port unknown) sailed for Quebec from Cork 11 Apr (41 d) with 54 emigrants. Arrived 22 May. – of Beaumaris sailed for St John NB from Cork 13 Apr with emigrants. Arrived 29 May. – 299t, of Sligo arrived in Quebec from Cork 13 Jun (38 d) with 149 passengers. – (port unknown) arrived at Quebec from Cork 25 Jun with 181 passengers. – (port unknown) sailed for St John NB from Cork 2 May with emigrants. Arrived 21 Jun. – of Whitehaven sailed for St John NB from Cork 2 May with emigrants. Arrived 19 Jun. – (port unknown) sailed for Quebec from Cork 7 May (39 d) with 181 emigrants. – of N Shields sailed for New York from Cork 7 May with emigrants. – of Dundee sailed for St John NB from Cork 21 May with emigrants. – (port unknown) arrived at New York from Cork 7 Sep with emigrants.

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Royal William

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Rowena

Lively Mary Comet

Larch

Mary Coxon British Queen

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Bark Triuby

RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Emigration to Quebec Cork became the busiest Irish port of UK emigration for Quebec by 1841 (McCarthy 2019, 204). * Report from Dr Douglas, Medical Superintendent at Grosse Isle ‘I have the honour to submit for the information of his Excellency the Governor General, a return of emigrants admitted, discharged, and died at the Quarantine Hospital, under my superintendence for the season ending October 20 th . By reference to the annexed Table, marked B, of admissions [omitted] to the same hospital for the last eight years, it will be seen that the proportion of sick to the number of emigrants arrived has been much less than in any previous year. I ascribe this gratifying circumstance to two or three causes. 1st. The shortness of the passages of emigrant vessels this year, and