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[[Image: | [[Image:Dunseverick Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 24159.jpg|border|left|300x260px|Dunseverick Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 24159.jpg]] Dunseverick Harbour. Many local people began their long emigration trail during the 1800s, being rowed out to catch a passing schooner bound for Glasgow or Londonderry where they would embark on one of the many emigrant ships to Australia, New Zealand or the Americas. <br><br><br><br | ||
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=== Social and Religious === | === Social and Religious === | ||
[[Image:Ireland Church Tower.jpg|thumb|right|290x230px]] | [[Image:Ireland Church Tower.jpg|thumb|right|290x230px|Ireland Church Tower.jpg]] | ||
A culture of social and religious persecution by the local Protestant-led and British Crown government was manifest in— | A culture of social and religious persecution by the local Protestant-led and British Crown government was manifest in— | ||