Considering how poor were the emigrants like the Irish during the great famine, I wondered how the trip was paid for. Did they pay it entirely themselves? Did the institutions in place support their trip and settlement to some extend?
hi! not discouraging anyone from providing more info on this - especially describing the role of charitable organizations for example (I've posted this question myself since an English ancestor's passage appears to have been paid by the Salvation Army, but got no responses) - but FYI, you may be interested in these previous posts:
How much was a boat ticket from Europe back in the late 1800's? - more info on the relative value of tickets