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The Kerry Girls : Emigration and the Earl Grey Scheme

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 1803999020
ISBN-13 9781803999029
Edition New
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Imprint The History Press Ltd
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jan 16th, 2025
Weight 260 grams
Dimensions 23.30 x 15.70 x 1.90 cms
Ksh 3,250.00
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The true story of the girls who were shipped to Australia from Kerry workhouses

As part of the controversial Earl Grey Scheme, this is the true story of the Kerry girls who were shipped to Australia from the four Kerry workhouses of Dingle, Kenmare, Killarney and Listowel in 1849 and 1850.

Leaving behind scenes of destitution and misery, the girls, some of whom spoke only Irish, set off to the other side of the world without any idea of what lay ahead. This book tells of their ‘selection’ and their transportation to New South Wales and Adelaide, their subsequent apprenticeship, and finally of their marriages and attempts to rebuild a life far from home.


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