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The following is a list of Irish ships to America from the 17 th to the early 20 th centuries, obtained from Irish immigrant passenger lists. Each ship is listed with at least one known date of travel. 19th Century Ship. Abolus | Newry to New York 1811.
Known as Coffin ships, the immigration ships commissioned during the Irish Famine to transport desperate, starving families to North America were overcrowded and often unseaworthy.
What was your ancestors' Atlantic crossing like? From "coffin ships" to steamers, uncover the realities of Irish immigrant voyages to America.
Ports, Ships and steerage. Up to the 1830s the favoured route was to Canada and from there to the United States. The majority of departures were from Irish ports mainly Belfast, Dublin and Derry. After the 1830s, as trade increased between Britain and the US, the cost of the journey from England dropped.
5 wrz 2022 · The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild has transcribed over 17,000 passenger lists on their website www.immigrantships.net. By the mid-19th century, 70% of Irish emigrants entered the US through New York.
It records Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh immigrants arriving in US ports on many different ships, from many different ports. It includes the Dunbrody Famine ship passenger list. For the port of New York, the database covers the years between 1846 and 1890.
It is estimated that over 6 million Irish people have emigrated to the US since 1820. Of all the emigrants to the US between 1851 and 1860, it is estimated that 81 per cent (990,000) were Irish. Today one sixth of US citizens (43 million) identify their national background as Irish.
