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| Picture No | 10701089 |
| Date | 1881 |
| Description | Departure of Irish emigrants |
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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.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration in The Illustrated London News, 2nd April 1881, page 329 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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