Irish immigrants to Wales, 1800s

[bernard_lewis]

Not sure if this will help:

http://www.uwp.co.uk/holding_frame.html

Bernard

[marysma]

   Hi Bernard,

                      thanks for the tip,but what should i type in the search box.


       MM

[bernard_lewis]

If you double click on the 'link' it should take you right to the page you need. From there choose 'book search' and you'll find some categories - take 19th - 20 th century and plod through the lists - I think its the middle set -  there is one book on Wales and the Irish.

Bernard

[Tricia_2]

Immigration and Integration:
The Irish in Wales, 1798-1922
Paul O'Leary

‘This scholarly analysis of the fate of the Irish immigrants who came to this country mainly during the nineteenth century, is also an invaluable contribution to the history of Wales and the Welsh.’ (New Welsh Review)

‘ . . . this well-written book represents a valuable addition both to the social and religious history of Victorian Wales and the wider study of the Irish in Britain.’ (English Historical Review)

~ Paul O'Leary is a lecturer in the Department of History and Welsh History at University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has written several articles on Irish immigrants in Wales and is co-author of Wales of One Hundred Years Ago (1999).


http://www.uwp.co.uk/holding_frame.html

I'll have to look out for that one! Thanks!

[zozo]

Hi
I'm completely stuck with my Connolly/Connellys that originated from bandon, Co Cork and settled in Merthyr Tydfil. They moved sometime to Wales after 1881 but before 1891. I am looking for Patrick and Catherine Connolly b 1846, with children of Edward b1872 in Bandon, Daniel b 1874, Mary b 1877 and Ptrick b1880, all in Ireland. I have written to the Monsignier of Bandon parish and although Edward states in later census Bandon was his birth place there are no records of any of the childrens births/basptisms nor  the marriage of Patrick and Ellen

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[Berni]

hi
my maternal line of dempsey's arrived in cardiff in approx 1852
unfortunately on the censuses it only states from ireland
my paternal side of my family are all irish from counties kerry
and longord
i too am proud of my celtic roots and also in awe of the struggles they
endured
berni

[Scrumhalf]

I a researching Sullivan too but its a lost cause unless you have any family parish records for Ireland.
All Irish records were demolished in when the Dublin Records office was destroyed during the troubles as they call them
Two useful web site I found where there is a lot of info :-

http.//www.ballinagree.freeservers.com
http.//www.newtown.org.cardiff
Records passports you must be joking???
Hundreds of immigrants fleeing the famine in the 1840's were used as ballast in boats returning to Wales after off loading their cargo, totally illegal of course. They were then dumped overboard when they got near to the South Wales Coastal ports and were forced to walk ashore to start a new life.  Courageuos helpless people
I wish you luck., if you find Humphrey Sullivan of Cardiff let me know 

[welsh lady]

I am also stuck on my Irish roots the  Lane family they came over from Ireland by 1841,Censuses just state birthplace Ireland for Michael Lane.They settled in the Seaside area of Llanelli right where the docks were.The area was very poor have seen an exhibition of old photos in my local library the area was nicknamed "Little Ireland "back then due to the number of Irish that settled in that area of Llanelli.
And am now totally stuck

Came across this while researching,The Great Irish Potato Famine of the 1840’s is now recognized as the worst human disaster of 19th century Europe. In 1841 the population of Ireland was 8.5 million people. By 1850, at least one million died in terrible conditions. Another million emigrated as refugees
Sadly reading two old books of Llanelli at first the Irish were not welcome at all.Dont think Wales was their promised land back then

Welsh Lady

[Myansome]

Thanks to joining today, Jim has helped me to trace my great, great grandmother Mary Ann Condon to Merthyr in Wales. I believe that he originated from Wicklow in Southern Ireland. She then moved to Portsmouth and there met and married my great grandfather before moving back later tro West Cornwall.