> That makes sense, because Newfoundland was settled by the Irish I did a walking tour when I visited St John's, Newfoundland. The history recounted during the

> That makes sense, because Newfoundland was settled by the Irish I did a walking tour when I visited St John's, Newfoundland. The history recounted during the tour was that the merchant ships would leave the Southern English coast (Southampton, Portsmouth etc) and stop off by the Southern Irish coast to fill the ships with cheap labour. At the end of the season, the merchants filled the boats with produce from the season (furs etc) and many of the Irish workers would be left behind rather than use up precious cargo space. I've no idea how close to the truth that "history" was.