Title: A farewell to famine
First published: 1994
Description: In 1850, over 1000 people were led from their homes in counties Wicklow and Wexford to start new lives in the American mid-west. This was no blind flight from famine, but an organized attempt to start an Irish Catholic Colony in Arkansas. This book follows the group's progress from their departure in Ireland to their brief stay in Liverpool and the Atlantic voyage. It shows the other side of the famine emigration experience, what happened to individual families, as well as the group as a whole, when they reached America. -- Publisher description
Subjects: History, Emigration and immigration, Irish Americans, Immigrants, Ships, Famines, Passenger lists, Immigration and emigration, Irish, united states, Ireland, history, Irish
Places: United States, Old Southwest, Iowa, Wicklow (Ireland : County), Wexford (Ireland : County), Arkansas, Ireland, New Orleans, Louisiana
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: F396 .R44 1994