Blog-follower Fern shared another great tip, about a podcast on the Tuke Irish in Minnesota. Fern recently listened to a recorded November 2015 interview between Lorna Moloney and Dr. Regina Donlon on Radio Corca Baiscinn.

One of the things she learned was that the Connemara immigrants with the Tuke scheme tended to live in Townland-like settlements on Phalen Creek in St. Paul, and did so for a number of decades. Donlon is developing a database of those St. Paul families which will provide Townland of origin information. The Tuke resettlement scheme was in response to the "little famine in Western Ireland." Lots more info on the podcast, including a discussion of a similar settlement in Scranton, PA.

I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but here's the information including the link to the specific program: Series 3, Episode 12. The Genealogy Radio Show November 24, 2015 Dr. Regina Donlon, Postgraduate Scholar with Irish Research Council at NUI Galway. Podcast on http://rcb.ie/shows/thegenealogyradioshow/. This show was titled 'The Tuke Irish in Minnesota: assisted emigration to the American Midwest, 1880-1930'. Lorna Moloney is a professional genealogist, member of the Association of Professional Genealogist and the Society of Genealogists UK. Lorna is the Resident Genealogist for Dromoland Castle in County Clare.