Penal Law Emigration Plaque

Pictured at the Point of Departure at the Foyle Embankment The text includes the description, "The impact of the Penal Laws shocked Ulster Presbyterians to emigrate to areas of North Eastern America such as Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Boston and Philadelphia. Timber salvaged from the docks of the River Foyle" It is located here C4316 : Point of Departure, Derry / Londonderry

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