Famine Orphan Girls from Meath 1848-50 –  92 names. The young women who came to the Australian colonies during the Famine years of 1848 to 1850 were from workhouses in all 32 counties throughout Ireland. All were destitute and many had lost their parents and families, so were ’orphans’ in the modern sense of the word. Others were simply unable to support themselves within the family. The term ‘orphan’, meaning loss of at least one parent, did apply to the vast majority of the 4114 who took up the offer under Earl Grey’s Famine Orphan Scheme. The Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852) is located at the Hyde Park Barracks, on Macquarie Street, Sydney.

Link to Database: https://irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/database/?listpage=255&instance=1

BabbitAnnieFrom: DunshaughlinAge on Arrival: 19Parents: William and Nancy, living In DunshaughlinShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
BalfeMaryFrom: DunshaughlinAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Robert and Alice – both deadShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
BirdCatherineKilmainhamAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Michael and Judith, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
BoyleBessyFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 16Parents: John and Biddy both deadShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
BradleyAnneDulaneAge on Arrival: 18Parents: James and Mary, mother living in KellsShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
BradyBiddyFrom: MoynaltyAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Patrick and Anne, mother living in KellsShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
BrennanAnneFrom: BallivorAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Andrew and Mary, both deadShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
CallaghanMaryFrom: KellsAge on Arrival: 16Parents: John and Rose, mother living in KellsShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
CarolanMargaretFrom: DrumcondraAge on Arrival: 15Parents: not recordedShip Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne 1849
CarryElizabethFrom: CastletownAge on Arrival: 16Parents: David and Mary, both deadShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
ClarkeAnneSimonstownAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Patrick and Peggy, mother living in NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
ClarkeMarySimonstownAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Patrick and Peggy, mother living in NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
ClarkeBridgetFrom: MoynaltyAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Michael and Mary, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
ClarkeMaryFrom: MoynaltyAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Michael and Mary, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
CollinsCatherineFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 14Parents: Patrick and Mary, father living.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
CostelloMaryFrom: MullaghAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Owen and Alley, mother living in KellsShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
CullenMaryFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 16Parents: James and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
CumminsBridgetFrom: SlaneAge on Arrival: 16Parents: John and Rose, Both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
CunninghamAnnFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Patrick and Ann, mother living in OldcastleShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
CunninghamEliza JaneFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 13Parents: Patrick and Ann, mother living in OldcastleShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
DalyAnnMoylaghAge on Arrival: 19Parents: Matthew and Elizabeth, both dead.Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
DevineMaryFrom: Yellow FurzeAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Michael and Bridget, mother in Yellow FurzeShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
DoneganBridgetFrom: BallynakillAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Christopher and Biddy, both deadShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
DonohoeRoseFrom: ArdbraccanAge on Arrival: 16Parents: John and Margaret, mother in NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
DunicanCatherineFrom: SkreenAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Phillip and Elizabeth, mother living in DunshaughlinShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
EiffeMargaretFrom: DunsanyAge on Arrival: 17Parents: James and Cecilia, mother living in DunsanyShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
EiffeBridgetFrom: MeathAge on Arrival: Not recordedParents: Not recordedShip Name:  Roman Emperor, Adelaide 1848
EiffeJaneFrom: MeathAge on Arrival: Not recordedParents: Not recordedShip Name:  Roman Emperor, Adelaide 1848
FarrellyRoseFrom: MoynaltyAge on Arrival: 16Parents: John and Mary, Mary living at NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
FinlayMaryFrom: DunderryAge on Arrival: 17Parents:  John and Mary, mother living in DunderryShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
FitzsimonsElizabethFrom: DunshaughlinAge on Arrival: 16Parents: thomas and Jane, father living in NSWShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
FordJaneFrom: CullmullinAge on Arrival: 19Parents: Thomas and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
GaffneyCatherineFrom: KilmessanAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Christopher and Catherine, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
GreyMargaretFrom: ArdbraccanAge on Arrival: 17Parents: James and Margaret, mother living at Ardbraccan.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
GuggertyJuliaFrom: AthboyAge on Arrival: 17Christopher and Ann, mother living in AthboyShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
HalliganJuliaFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 19Parents: James and Jane, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
HammondBridgetFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Michael and Rose, both deadShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
HandMargaretFrom: RatoathAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Thomas and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
IvoryCatherineFrom: DunshaughlinAge on Arrival: 16Parents: James and Ellen, mother lives in DunshaughlinShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
JonesMargaretFrom: KillaryAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Not recordedShip Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne, 1849
JonesJaneFrom: KillaryAge on Arrival: 19Parents: Not recordedShip Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne, 1849
KeeganBridgetFrom: RathmolyonAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Michael and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
KennyMaryFrom: BoyerstownAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Thomas and Mary, mother living at BoyerstownShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
KennyJaneFrom: ChurchtownAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Thomas and Mary, mother living at ChurchtownShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
KeoganElizaFrom: MartinstownAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Edward and CatherineShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
LeerElizaFrom: DunshaughlinAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Frank and Bridget, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
LenahanMaryFrom: KilleenAge on Arrival: 18Parents: George and Mary both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
LovettMaryFrom: KilskeerAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Owen and Ann, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
LynaghAnnFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 18Parents: William and Margaret, mother living at NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
LynchBiddy/ElizabethFrom: SkryneAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Owen and Mary, mother living in RoscommonShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MagraneRoseFrom: KildalkeyAge on Arrival: 17Parents: John and Rose, Both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MaguireMargaretFrom: KilskyreAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Michael and Ann, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
MartinEstherRathmolyonAge on Arrival: 19Parents: George and Mary, mother living in RathmolyonShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McCabeBridgetFrom: RathmoreAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Laurence and Ann, father a soldierShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McCabeMaryFrom: KellsAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Owen and Ann, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
McCluskeyEllenFrom: TaraAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Michael and Mary both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McCluskeyCatherineFrom: TaraAge on Arrival: 14Parents: Michael and Mary both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McConnellElizabethFrom: WhitewoodAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Lawrence and Peggy, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
McCormackMaryFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Thomas and Betty, mother living at NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McDonaghJudithFrom: KellsAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Peter and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
McGuireHonoraFrom: SkreenAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Paatrick and Mary, mother living at SkreenShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McManusMargaretFrom: KilleaghAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Phillip and Honour, mother living at OldcastleShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
McManusCatherineFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Patrick and Judith, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MeadeMaryFrom: DunshaughlinAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Patrick and Jane, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MorrisCatherineFrom: CastletownAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Edward and Catherine, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MullaleyCatherineFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Thomas and Judith, both deadShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
MullenBridgetFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 17Parents: James and Biddy, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MullenMaryFrom: NavanAge on Arrival: 15Parents: James and Biddy, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MurphyBridgetFrom: DrumcondraAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Not recordedShip Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne 1849
MurrayAnnFrom: ArdbraccanAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Richard and Mary, mother living at NavanShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
MurtaghAnneKilmaininAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Peter and Kitty, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
NaughtonMaryFrom: Clonmel, MeathAge on Arrival: 19Parents: Owen and Catherine, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
NeillJudyFrom: KilallonAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Arthur and Ann, mother living in OldcastleShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
NorrisBridgetFrom: OristownAge on Arrival: 15Parents: Peter and Betty, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
NorrisElizabethFrom: OristownAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Peter and Betty, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
PattersonAnnFrom: NobberAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Henry and Bridget, mother living at KellsShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
PlunkettFrancesFrom: DulaneAge on Arrival: 19Parents: John and Mary, both deadShip Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
PorterfieldMaryFrom: Claire, MeathAge on Arrival: 19Parents: William and Ann, both deadShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
QuigleyBridgetFrom: Claire, MeathAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Patrick and Ann (Tierney), mother living at ClaireShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
ReillyMaryFrom:NobberAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Not recordedShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
ReynoldsCatherineFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Owen and Sarah, both dead.Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
RobinsonJaneFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 18Parents: George and Mary, both deadShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
SheridanRoseFrom: KilskyreAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Brian and Catherine, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
SherryElizabethFrom: GaltrimAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Patrick and Julia, living at GaltrimShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
SmithMaryFrom: CrossakeelAge on Arrival: 19Parents: Bernard and Sarah, mother living at OldcastleShip Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
SmithJaneFrom: KilskyreAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Brian and Bridget, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
SmithAnnFrom: CastletownAge on Arrival: 16Parents: James and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
SmithMaryFrom: KilskyreAge on Arrival: 18Parents: Brian and Bridget, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
SmithBridgetFrom: KilskyreAge on Arrival: 14Parents: Brian and Bridget, both dead.Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
TaaffeEsterFrom: TrimAge on Arrival: 16Parents: Patrick and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
TigheRoseFrom: OldcastleAge on Arrival: 16Parents: William and MaryShip Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
VaheyCatherineFrom: RathkennyAge on Arrival: 17Parents: Thomas and Mary, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
WoganMargaretFrom: SkryneAge on Arrival: 16Parents: James and Ann, both dead.Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849