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Rambling

Rambling Report 4 Apr 2019 18:45

From https://www.britannica.com/topic/Highland-Clearances

"...The way of many others was paid for by landowners who preferred to finance their tenants’ emigration rather than provide prolonged monetary support to help them through the economically difficult years."

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sandra

sandra Report 4 Apr 2019 18:15

Does anyone know if crofters evicted from Ross and Cromarty late 18C and 19C could have found their way to Northern Ireland? I assume there would have been no formal records kept?. I understand that many Scots also emigrated to America and Australia and wonder how they would have been assisted in travelling as they would have no assets/money, etc.