Famine Orphan Girls from Meath 1848-50 – Meath History Hub with Noel French

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

Babbit	Annie	From: Dunshaughlin	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: William and Nancy, living In Dunshaughlin	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Balfe	Mary	From: Dunshaughlin	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Robert and Alice – both dead	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Bird	Catherine	Kilmainham	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Michael and Judith, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Boyle	Bessy	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: John and Biddy both dead	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Bradley	Anne	Dulane	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: James and Mary, mother living in Kells	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Brady	Biddy	From: Moynalty	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Patrick and Anne, mother living in Kells	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Brennan	Anne	From: Ballivor	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Andrew and Mary, both dead	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Callaghan	Mary	From: Kells	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: John and Rose, mother living in Kells	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Carolan	Margaret	From: Drumcondra	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: not recorded	Ship Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne 1849
Carry	Elizabeth	From: Castletown	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: David and Mary, both dead	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Clarke	Anne	Simonstown	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Patrick and Peggy, mother living in Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Clarke	Mary	Simonstown	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Patrick and Peggy, mother living in Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Clarke	Bridget	From: Moynalty	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Michael and Mary, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Clarke	Mary	From: Moynalty	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Michael and Mary, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Collins	Catherine	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 14	Parents: Patrick and Mary, father living.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Costello	Mary	From: Mullagh	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Owen and Alley, mother living in Kells	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Cullen	Mary	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: James and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Cummins	Bridget	From: Slane	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: John and Rose, Both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Cunningham	Ann	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Patrick and Ann, mother living in Oldcastle	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Cunningham	Eliza Jane	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 13	Parents: Patrick and Ann, mother living in Oldcastle	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Daly	Ann	Moylagh	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: Matthew and Elizabeth, both dead.	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Devine	Mary	From: Yellow Furze	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Michael and Bridget, mother in Yellow Furze	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Donegan	Bridget	From: Ballynakill	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Christopher and Biddy, both dead	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Donohoe	Rose	From: Ardbraccan	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: John and Margaret, mother in Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Dunican	Catherine	From: Skreen	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Phillip and Elizabeth, mother living in Dunshaughlin	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Eiffe	Margaret	From: Dunsany	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: James and Cecilia, mother living in Dunsany	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Eiffe	Bridget	From: Meath	Age on Arrival: Not recorded	Parents: Not recorded	Ship Name: Roman Emperor, Adelaide 1848
Eiffe	Jane	From: Meath	Age on Arrival: Not recorded	Parents: Not recorded	Ship Name: Roman Emperor, Adelaide 1848
Farrelly	Rose	From: Moynalty	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: John and Mary, Mary living at Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Finlay	Mary	From: Dunderry	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: John and Mary, mother living in Dunderry	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Fitzsimons	Elizabeth	From: Dunshaughlin	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: thomas and Jane, father living in NSW	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Ford	Jane	From: Cullmullin	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: Thomas and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Gaffney	Catherine	From: Kilmessan	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Christopher and Catherine, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Grey	Margaret	From: Ardbraccan	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: James and Margaret, mother living at Ardbraccan.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Guggerty	Julia	From: Athboy	Age on Arrival: 17	Christopher and Ann, mother living in Athboy	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Halligan	Julia	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: James and Jane, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Hammond	Bridget	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Michael and Rose, both dead	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Hand	Margaret	From: Ratoath	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Thomas and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Ivory	Catherine	From: Dunshaughlin	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: James and Ellen, mother lives in Dunshaughlin	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Jones	Margaret	From: Killary	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Not recorded	Ship Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne, 1849
Jones	Jane	From: Killary	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: Not recorded	Ship Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne, 1849
Keegan	Bridget	From: Rathmolyon	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Michael and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Kenny	Mary	From: Boyerstown	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Thomas and Mary, mother living at Boyerstown	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Kenny	Jane	From: Churchtown	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Thomas and Mary, mother living at Churchtown	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Keogan	Eliza	From: Martinstown	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Edward and Catherine	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Leer	Eliza	From: Dunshaughlin	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Frank and Bridget, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Lenahan	Mary	From: Killeen	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: George and Mary both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Lovett	Mary	From: Kilskeer	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Owen and Ann, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Lynagh	Ann	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: William and Margaret, mother living at Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Lynch	Biddy/Elizabeth	From: Skryne	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Owen and Mary, mother living in Roscommon	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Magrane	Rose	From: Kildalkey	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: John and Rose, Both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Maguire	Margaret	From: Kilskyre	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Michael and Ann, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Martin	Esther	Rathmolyon	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: George and Mary, mother living in Rathmolyon	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McCabe	Bridget	From: Rathmore	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Laurence and Ann, father a soldier	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McCabe	Mary	From: Kells	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Owen and Ann, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
McCluskey	Ellen	From: Tara	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Michael and Mary both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McCluskey	Catherine	From: Tara	Age on Arrival: 14	Parents: Michael and Mary both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McConnell	Elizabeth	From: Whitewood	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Lawrence and Peggy, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
McCormack	Mary	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Thomas and Betty, mother living at Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McDonagh	Judith	From: Kells	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Peter and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
McGuire	Honora	From: Skreen	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Paatrick and Mary, mother living at Skreen	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
McManus	Margaret	From: Killeagh	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Phillip and Honour, mother living at Oldcastle	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
McManus	Catherine	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Patrick and Judith, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Meade	Mary	From: Dunshaughlin	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Patrick and Jane, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Morris	Catherine	From: Castletown	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Edward and Catherine, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Mullaley	Catherine	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Thomas and Judith, both dead	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Mullen	Bridget	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: James and Biddy, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Mullen	Mary	From: Navan	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: James and Biddy, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Murphy	Bridget	From: Drumcondra	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Not recorded	Ship Name: New Liverpool, Melbourne 1849
Murray	Ann	From: Ardbraccan	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Richard and Mary, mother living at Navan	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Murtagh	Anne	Kilmainin	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Peter and Kitty, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Naughton	Mary	From: Clonmel, Meath	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: Owen and Catherine, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Neill	Judy	From: Kilallon	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Arthur and Ann, mother living in Oldcastle	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Norris	Bridget	From: Oristown	Age on Arrival: 15	Parents: Peter and Betty, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Norris	Elizabeth	From: Oristown	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Peter and Betty, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Patterson	Ann	From: Nobber	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Henry and Bridget, mother living at Kells	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Plunkett	Frances	From: Dulane	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: John and Mary, both dead	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Porterfield	Mary	From: Claire, Meath	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: William and Ann, both dead	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Quigley	Bridget	From: Claire, Meath	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Patrick and Ann (Tierney), mother living at Claire	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Reilly	Mary	From:Nobber	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Not recorded	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Reynolds	Catherine	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Owen and Sarah, both dead.	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Robinson	Jane	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: George and Mary, both dead	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Sheridan	Rose	From: Kilskyre	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Brian and Catherine, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Sherry	Elizabeth	From: Galtrim	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Patrick and Julia, living at Galtrim	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Smith	Mary	From: Crossakeel	Age on Arrival: 19	Parents: Bernard and Sarah, mother living at Oldcastle	Ship Name: Tippoo Saib (Sydney, July 1850
Smith	Jane	From: Kilskyre	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Brian and Bridget, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Smith	Ann	From: Castletown	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: James and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Smith	Mary	From: Kilskyre	Age on Arrival: 18	Parents: Brian and Bridget, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Smith	Bridget	From: Kilskyre	Age on Arrival: 14	Parents: Brian and Bridget, both dead.	Ship Name: John Knox, Sydney 1850
Taaffe	Ester	From: Trim	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: Patrick and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Tighe	Rose	From: Oldcastle	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: William and Mary	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Vahey	Catherine	From: Rathkenny	Age on Arrival: 17	Parents: Thomas and Mary, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849
Wogan	Margaret	From: Skryne	Age on Arrival: 16	Parents: James and Ann, both dead.	Ship Name: William & Mary, Sydney 1849