Emigration from the Port of Cork
Una O'Connor
Broschiertes Buch

Emigration from the Port of Cork

A Gateway of Human Departure

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During the 19th century, emigration was a common feature of Irish life, a process that gained momentum upon the advent of Famine in the 1840s. It was during this period that the port of Cork became Ireland s busiest turnstile of human cargo. From the middle of the century, more people left Cork than any other Irish harbour. By 1867 more Irish people were leaving Cork than Liverpool - the great transhipment centre of the world. The Port of Cork was a bustling thoroughfare and became famous throughout the world as a harbour of tears . It was a place where thousands of Irish people left their nat...