Daniel Shehan, Voyage Journal, Limerick to Montreal, (1841; incomplete)
Description
The initial portion of the journal is missing. See other copy which contains the transcription of the initial portion of this manuscript. [Shehan continues his account of his voyage from his Kerry home to Canada with two farewell poems "a farewell" and "Another". He describes the passengers and crew enduring terrible storms and swells, witnessing porpoises, sharks and whales, while encountering ice bergs].
Date
01/01/1841
Date Issued
27/03/2023
Resource Type
Text
Archival Record Id
p155/2/2/1, p155/2/2/2
Publisher
University of Galway
Extent
30pp
Topic
Shehan Letters
Geographic
Montreal (city),Montreal (region),Quebec,Canada,Ballylongford,Kerry (county),Ireland
Temporal
Nineteenth century,Eighteen forties
Genre
Transcript,Reproduction
Note
Title and part of description by Professor Kerby Miller. Additional descriptive information by University of Galway.