Tuke Fund News Today

A new visitor centre opened this week in the remote village of Éachléim, Co Mayo, inspired by the manifests of these ships, aiming to bring to life the stories of these people

One of the reasons for the success of Mr Tuke’s Fund, which sponsored emigrants to America and Canada in the 1880s, was that as far as possible Tuke personally interviewed those wishing to go. He insisted that only families with at least one member capable of hard, physical work could participate. Proper clothes and money were provided to start their new life, and arrangements made in advance where they would stay and find work.