“The spirit of emigration to British America has not been stronger, or more extensively prevalent, in this part of the country, for several years back, than at the present. Messrs Lyle’s large and commodious ship, the Newry, is just on the eve of leaving port, with a full complement of passengers, for Quebec…” -the Newry Telegraph quoted by the Richmond Enquirer June 8th, 1830. Though the passengers could expect a long voyage to the coast of Canada, their voyage instead lasted approximately two and a half days.

Ship Name: Newry 

Year Built: 1825

Nationality: United Kingdom 

Tonnage: 500 tons 

Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Vessel 

Location Wrecked: Porth Orion 

Reason For Wreck: Struck Rocks in Poor Weather 

Year Wrecked: 1830

Lives Lost: 40-80

Sources: 

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3390846/3390850/33/newry%20shipwreck

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3327245/3327248/8/newry%20shipwreck

https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3390841/3390842/3/newry%20shipwreck

https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/1830a.shtml

https://www.rhiw.com/y_mor/shipwrecks/The_Newry.htm

https://newspaperarchive.com/richmond-enquirer-jun-08-1830-p-4/

https://books.google.com/books?id=PrVYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=newry+shipwreck+1830&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX3q3VxPP_AhU0l4kEHYAPA_EQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=newry%20shipwreck%201830&f=false

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/emigrant/newry.html

https://newspaperarchive.com/annapolis-maryland-gazette-jun-03-1830-p-2/

https://books.google.com/books?id=sbYqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA368&dq=newry+shipwreck+1830&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX3q3VxPP_AhU0l4kEHYAPA_EQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=newry%20shipwreck%201830&f=false