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Ireland to London: 1920s
« on: Tuesday 22 April 08 15:47 BST (UK) »
My gran was an Irish country girl from Cavan who went down to Dublin and then emigrated over to London to train as a nurse. This was in the 1920s', I believe after 1923.  Gran told me she took "elocution' lessons to refine her Irish accent as in those days it was not particularly helpful to have an Irish brogue.

Is there any record of Irish people entering England at that time? At that time she would have been coming from the "Irish Free State" on a ferry boat.  Were they even documenting emigrants from Ireland at that time?
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GREEN, SKELLY, SHERIDAN of Virginia, Co. Cavan.
BROWN, CARR. (thought to be Presbyerians from Northern Ireland)
COOPER, perhaps from Ulster?
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Re: IRELAND TO LONDON: 1920s
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 22 April 08 16:32 BST (UK) »
They didn't keep shipping records (or even for ships coming from Europe) to my knowledge, but you might find something about her in the Royal College of Nursing archives?
http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/
(best to search using last name if you can because often people are listed just with initials or as 'Miss').
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Re: IRELAND TO LONDON: 1920s
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 22 April 08 16:34 BST (UK) »
It might also be worth checking out a thread started by Christopher on here
Might shed some light on how they came?
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