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From: "Rhonda Houston"
Subject: [LA-Immigrants] Irish Immigration and the Port of New Orleans
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:30:23 –050

According to the book "The Irish in New Orleans 1800-1860" by Earl F.
Niehaus, New Orleans was a major port of entry for Irish emigrants. Cotton
was King and New Orleans was the leading port to export it. The ships that
took cotton to Liverpool, brough passengers back to New Orleans as ballast.
Thus the rates were cheaper. After 1834, these cotton ships were responsible
for over 80% of the Irish emigrants.

he only main ports of departure from Ireland were (1) going to Liverpool ,
mostly families from the northern counties did that (2) Cobh/Queenstown ,
mostly from the southern ports , and (3) some northern people als...