Departure of Irish emigrants
Poverty-stricken Irish folk waiting on the railway platform for a train to take them to the port for embarkation to America or elsewhere. The agricultural depression in Ireland at this time, drove thousands abroad to begin their lives again in the New World
Picture No
13991311
Media ID
45429111
Size
5000px x 3350px
(4.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed illustration in The Illustrated London News, 2nd April 1881, page 329
Date
1881
