"The Emigrants", Derry / Londonderry
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"The Emigrants", Derry / Londonderry
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 6 Feb 2012
Here a father leaves the rest of the emigrants - he has to stay behind, perhaps there wasn't enough money to go at that particular moment, or he had to care for younger members of family and go when they got older and could manage the journey on the ship across the ocean.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.009608
Longitude
-7.317263