Passengers by the Ship SHAMROCK, McKeon Master, from Dublin to New
York, 6 July, 1811. Mark Pigott, Carlow [This was the only person
from Carlow on the ship].
A Release of Roman
Catholic families preparing to emigrate from the counties of Carlow and
Wexford in the ensuing Spring — dated (New) Ross, 29th November 1817.
Websites:
Protestant families -
Roman Catholic families
The following article appeared in the Carlow Nationalist on
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Passenger List of local people on
the Star
AS a result of a recent article on evictions
and the clearing of Estates during and after the famine, I have had
several requests for the passenger lists on some of the ships on which
the Coollattin Estate people travelled. As it would be impossible to
put in the whole list of names in the space available, I am putting in
some of the names of people who left from the Clonegal Parish area and
the neighbouring areas of Carnew and Shillelagh.
While a lot travelled on the Dunbrody and the
Tricondroga, it appears that a large number from the West Wicklow,
East Carlow areas travelled on the Star. It should be remembered that
the Coollattin Estate no longer exists. Towards the end of the
nineteenth century the Land League was formed to bring landlordism to
an end by constitutional means. The 1880s saw the beginning of the end
of the big estates as most of the ‘landed gentry’ were already
bankrupt and Ireland on the verge of another famine. It was now that
the Land Commission was formed. It was through the Commission that a
lot of land was bought and sold or rented to people who could farm and
meet their commitments. This was a big step forward as it gave the
worker a chance to eventually own his bit of land and expand it if he
could. Thus the big estates began selling sections of their land to
people who could afford to buy it.
As there was a lot of timber on some estates
the timber merchants were eager to buy, especially if the woods were
near a river which made the job of transporting them to England much
easier than over-land. The trunks of the selected trees were cleaned
off and then brought to the river and down the river to a seaport
town. (In the case of Coollattin, to Wexford) where they were then
loaded on ships for whatever part of the world they were going to,
mostly England, where many a ship of the line was built of Irish Oak.
The Coollattin estate sold off 90,000 acres but held on to the
Coollattin demesne for many years. They finally sold the house and the
surrounding land in the 1970s and in 1996, the Coollattin Golf Club
bought the big house with the intention of making big improvements and
renovations to it. This work is ongoing at the present time.
The Star was sailing from New Ross in County
Wexford and was bound for St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. She left
New Ross on the April 1, 1848 and arrived in St Andrews on May 28,
1848. The following names and townlands are
taken from the Fitzwilliam Emigration books and the Fitzwilliam Papers
in the National Library of Ireland.
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Balance: Coolafancy, Crosspatrick, - John 27 , wife Anty 26, son
William 18 months, mother-in law Rose Waddock 57, brother-in-law
Pat Waddock 35 On the passenger list William Waddock is also
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Beaghen: Newry, Moyacomb (Clonegal). - Thomas 45, Wife Mary 44,
Children John 26, James 24, Margaret 22, Catherine 20, Mary 18,
Pat 16, Thomas 14, Andy 12, James, wife Mary and Daughter Anty 9
months. |
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Byrne: Money, Aghowle - Mary 62, children Simon 26, Betty 24,
Michael 30, John 22 |
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Byrne: Money, Aghowle Joseph 55, wife Nancy 56, children Biddy
28, Michael 26, Judith 22, Hugh 18 Cullen: Coolroe, Crosspatrick
- Patrick 38, wife Ellen 40, children James 16, Michael 11 |
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Fallon: Boley, Aghowle - Margaret 25, sister Bridget 22 Foley:
Newry, Moyacomb (Clonegal) - Denis 37, wife Bridget 24, children
John 6, Derbis 4, Mary 3 (Denis died on the voyage) |
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Furlong: Ballard, Aghowle - Michael 47, wife Elizabeth 37,
children Anne 17, Mary 15, Bridget 13, Eliza 11, Essy &
Catherine 6, Hannah 4 and Margaret Healy 19 who was a relative.
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Hughes: Liscolman, Liscolman - Robert 38, wife Margaret 38,
children Mary 13, Mick 11, Kitty 9, Pat 6, John 4, James 1. |
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Kerwan: Money, Aghowle - Mary 50, children Morgan 31, Pat 29,
Margaret 27, Eliza 25, Catherine 23, Judy 21, Grandson James 9
months. (grandson down as Pat Morgan and Morgan not mentioned,
there was probably a mix-up here) |
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Lawler: Drummin, Moyacomb - Thomas 55, wife Ellen 45, children
Ann 24, John 22, James 18, Peter 17, Ellen 14, Mary 11, Thomas
7, Betty 4. |
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McCann: Minmore, Carnew - John 66, wife Betty 53, children
George 23, Margaret 25, Mary 23, Eliza 18, Eliza (again) 19, (In
the 1847 Emigration Book, Michael 19 appears instead of second
Eliza) Anne 15, John 13 |
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Meagher: Coolafancy, Crosspatrick - Thomas 35, wife Ann 26,
children Ellen 6, Pat 4, Mary 2, sister Catherine 18, brother
John
20. Ellen died at St Andrews on 31 May 1848. All except Mary 2
on passenger list. |
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Nowlan: Moylisha, Moyacomb - pat 50, wife Betty 38, children
Peggy 20, James 18, Mary 17, Mick 16, John 14, Ellen 13, Martin
9, Biddy 7 |
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Popham: Money, Aghowle - John 28, wife Mary 30, children Sarah
4, Abey 2, Thomas 1, brother-in-law Thomas Bain 22, (The name of
this family in the New Brunswick records appears as Poppin) |
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Summers: Newry, Moyacomb - John 50, wife Betty 50, children
Michael 24, Marks 22, James 20, John 18, Thomas 16, Pat 14,
Eliza 12, Ally 10. |
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White: Coolafancy, Crosspatrick - David 37, wife Ann 37,
children Edward 14, Richard 10, Henry 6, Ann 1, brother Robert
White 40. Margaret 14 and Andrew 10 were added to list. David
died on voyage. |
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The foregoing will be of interest to those
readers who had relatives who emigrated on these ships. The stories of
the families and the hard-ship they suffered in Ireland were at times
almost beyond belief. For those people who had to say goodbye to their
homes and to friends, they thought and hoped they would have a better
life in Canada and America. In a lot of cases, some of the voyages
ended sadly with the death of a parent or parents, child or children
and in others, the families went on to become successful in their
adopted land. The wheel has now turned full circle and Ireland is at
the receiving end of immigration from countries where people are
hounded and tortured for various reasons. Let us not forget the past.
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