February 5th 2010: Clarence Dock - Irish Gateway to Liverpool

I was drawn back to the docks today after researching the history of Clarence Dock. Once there, it was very easy to imagine the scene, the place has such tangeable atmosphere. Through these dock gates passed most of the 1,300,000 Irish migrants who had fled the Great Famine and "took the ship" to Liverpool in the years 1845-1852. Many continued on to New York with the same number, if not more, staying here -initially believing Liverpool was NewYork. Liverpool's own Ellis Island...