Margaret Mahon

Easter Rising Compensation Claims

<p>The Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916 (PLIC) was established in June 1916 to assess claims for damages to buildings and property as a result of the destruction caused by the 1916 Rising. </p>

1916-01-01 12:00:00

Wilson's Dublin Directory

<p><strong>IrishAncestors.ie offers a free database indexing names appearing in<em> </em>Wilson’s <em>DUBLIN DIRECTORY 1803 (one of </em>three separate directories of <em>The Treble Almanac).</em></strong></p>

1803-01-01 12:00:00

Irish Emigration to South Australia

<p>IRISH EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA We have watched, with the deepest interest, the free Emigration now in progress, under the auspices the Government, from this country to South Australia. Almost daily, for some weeks, have seen accounts of the transmission of numbers of orphans, of both sexes, from the various Workhouses to Plymouth, from whence they embark for their destination. Tho manner in which the Emigration of those poor children has been conducted*the admirable arrangements for their moral guardianship, as well upon the voyage as subsequently to their arrival in the Colony, are creditable in the highest degree the Colonial Secretary, Earl Grey, to the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, the Irish Government, and, we roust add, to the Guardians of the Unions, who have given their cooperation. All those arrangements are fully described the following highly interesting official documents, which we have copied from the South Australian Government Gazette, dated the 24th August last:</p>

1849-03-31 12:00:00

256 Irish Immigrants sail for Australia aboard the DIGBY

<p>EMIGRATION Plymouth, Dec. 10th: ”There are now single Irish females, orphans, and few married couples, here, about to proceed to Australia in the Digby. They arrived in the depot on Monday last (Dec 4th) by one of the Irish steamers. [Roscommon Messenger - 27 Dec 1848]</p> <p>"The Digby has orders on that day (December 4th) to ship her passengers for the same destination (South Australia). They will consist exclusively of another batch of Irish girls, picked from the Irish unions." [The Ipswich Journal - 2 Dec 1848]</p>

1848-12-04 12:00:00