Leaving the folks behind sculptures
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Leaving the folks behind sculptures
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 1 Aug 2012
Pictured at the quayside beside Sainsbury's in Derry / Londonderry. Michael Portillo did an interview here, which was part of a series of the railways and their connection with shipping agents in the British Isles https://plus.google.com/photos/101203544004597142257/albums/5419311382405370369/5706803946009785762?banner=pwa Some of my aunt's relatives left for the shores of America from here between 1890 and 1900. They travelled on a barge to Moville and joined the Anchoria at Moville to sail for Ellis Island. They worked hard and prospered well in the new land.
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