This index contains significant information gathered from Great Famine-era immigrants who came to the country (1845-1849). The first voluntary mass migration to the United States occurred when 1.6 million Irish people arrived between 1847 and 1854, most of whom settled in New York.
Referencing immigrants who arrived in Boston between 1846 and 1851 and New York between 1866 and 1886. Information obtained from original ship manifest schedules, which are records submitted by all vessels arriving in the United States, is available.
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- Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871. Lists of Passengers Sailing from Londonderry to America on Ships of the J. & J. Cooke Line and the McCorkell Line
- Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806 Lists of Passengers Sailing from Ireland
- Emigration from the United Kingdom to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, April 1872 – July 1872
- The Forgotten Irish: Irish Emigrant Experiences in America