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Title: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: cattao on Wednesday 13 September 17 04:32 BST (UK)

Form of travel from Co Kilkenny (no idea of a parish) to board a ship in Liverpool 1860, to Australia. Has anything been written/web site to visit on this? Wilson family, wife and three children born Kilkenny 1855 to 1859, how did they get to Liverpool.

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: conahy calling on Wednesday 13 September 17 08:11 BST (UK)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilkenny#Railway

According to this link   (paragraph 6 - infrastructure)  there was a railway from Kilkenny to Dublin from 1850.  So that is one possibility.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kpr/

Transport in 19th century Dublin on 2nd link

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01kps/

Charles Bianconi 3rd link

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: cattao on Wednesday 13 September 17 08:37 BST (UK)

Thanks for the tip on the railway line, a possibility but then how do they cross to Liverpool??? Trying to make a story of their departure from Ireland.

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: KGarrad on Wednesday 13 September 17 08:48 BST (UK)

Dublin (or Dun Loaghaire) to Liverpool much the same as today - by boat!

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: conahy calling on Wednesday 13 September 17 08:49 BST (UK)

http://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/the-irish-road-to-argentina/

Scroll down to paragraph "Dublin to Liverpool" on this link

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 13 September 17 08:51 BST (UK)

Lots of boats/ferries from Dublin to Liverpool.

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-immigration-to-England.html

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 13 September 17 08:52 BST (UK)

Liverpool experience here

https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/sheet/64

Title: Re: TRAVEL FROM KILKENNY TO LIVERPOOL IN 1860S
Post by: cattao on Thursday 14 September 17 02:45 BST (UK)

Thank you everyone for all the links, just  what I wanted. How easy it is to get sidetracked also with   the information.