Reported Number of Evicted Persons by County

15th October 1849

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[Cork Examiner - Monday 15 October 1849]

EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) ACT.

The following return of all notices served upon relieving officers poor law districts in Ireland, landlords others, under the act of last session, 11 and 12 Vic, e. 47 intituled " An Act for the Protection and Relief of the Destitute Poor evicted from their dwellings," has been produced in conformity with an order of the House Commons. The following is a summary of this return:

[Reported by Province: County (Population in 1841) Total Number of Persons Evicted]

CONNACHT: Galway (440k) 739 | Leitrim (155k) 478 | Mayo (389k) 604 | Roscommon (254k) 325 | Sligo (181k) 208

ULSTER: Antrim 360,875 202 Armagh 232,393 47i Cavan 243,158 301 Donegal 296,448 372 Down 361,446 Fermanagh .. .. 156,481 103 Londonder.y .. .. 222,174 236 Monaghan .. .. 200,442 156 Tyrone 312,956 263 2,386,373 2484

Grand Total: (Population of ireland 1841: 8,175,124) No of Persons Evicted: 12,859

We select the following some the more cases of eviction given in this return —

Union Armagh: 30 persons evicted at the suit of W. McGeoagh Bond, Esq.
Union of Ballina (Mayo): 85 were evicted by the under-agent to the Earl of Arran; 27 by the agent of Colonel Knox Gore, and 116 by the agent to Sir W. H. Palmer, Bart.
Union of Ballinasloe (Galway) 110 persons by the agent to the Rev. E. Paget, J. Lyons, Esq. etc.
Union of Ballinrobe (Mayo) by the bailiff to Lord Oranmore; 43 by the bailiff R. D. Browne, Esq., M.P.; 35 by the bailiff to Lord Kilmaine ; and by the bailiff of Colonel Knox.
Union of Ballymena (County Antrim), 40 the agent to Lord O'Neil.
Union of Ballyshannon (Donegal) 40 by the agent of Colonel Connolly.
Union of Banbridge (County Down), 26 by the agent to the Marquis of Downshire ;43 by the agent to Count de Salia.
Union of Boyle (Roscommon), etc, 45 by the agent of Lord Lorton; and 36 the suit of the agent of Lord Freyne; and 91 by agent under the Court of Chancery.
Union of Carlow, 65 by the agent to the Earl of Bessborough.
Union of Carrick-on-Shannon (Leitrim), 35 by the agent N. A. Gore, Esq. M.P.; 33 by the agent at Lord V. Southwood; and 32 by the agent of T. J. Barton, Esq.
Union of Castlebar (Mayo), 31 by the agent of the Earl of Lucan, and 68 by the agent of Sir R. Palmer.
Union Castleblayney (Armagh), ty, Esq., for Walter M'Geoagh Bond, Xsa., 21 by tbe same gentleman for T. P, Bait Kaq.
Union of Cavan, 60 by the agent Robert Mutton, Esq.
Union Clogheen (Tipperary), at the suit of the Earl of Glengall.
Union of Dingle (Kerry), 348 by the agent Lord Ventry; and 149 by agents in Chancery.
Union of Dundalk, 30 by the trustee of H. G. S. Murray, Esq.
Union of Dundalk (Louth), 74 at the suit of the Marquis of Anglesey
Union of Dungarvan, 38 by the agent of Richard Musgrove, Esq.
Union of Ennistymon (Clare), 88 the agent to Cornelius O'Brien, Esq.
Union of Galway, 22 by Isidore D'Arcy, Esq.; and 29 by R. D'Arcy Esq.
Union of Glenties (Donegal), 30 by T. Wilson, Esq, agent to Lord Crofton
Union of Kells (Meath), by the agent of T. B. Balfour, Esq.
Union of Kilkenny, 35 by Henry de Montmorency, 37 by Thomas Caiman.
Union Kilmallock (Limerick), 29 by the agent to W. A- Rose, Esq., 29 by the agent to W. H. Rivers, Esq.; 56 by the agent R. D. Grady and others.
Union of Kilrush (Clare), 76 at the suit of Colonel Vandeleur; 20 at the suit of Miss Alice Vandeleur; 41 at the suit of Miss Vandeleur; 22 by Mr. Curry; by Nicholas Westly ; 20 by J. C, McDonnell; 56 at the suit Mrs. Dwyer and Miss Hickman; and 87 by Messers. Stackpool, Brady, and O'Brien.
Union of Limerick. 23 by C. W. Gore; 93 by Sir R. D. De Burgh, 56 by the Marquess of Conyngham.
Union of Loughrea (Galway), 81 by order of the receiver of the Court of Chancery.
Union of Magherafelt (Londonderry), 55 by R Spotswood, Esq, agent to the Marquis of Londonderry and Sir R. Bateson; 27 by the agent G. A. Hutchinson, Esq., and by the agent to the Drapers' Company.
Union of Mallow (Cork), 29 by the agent to Viscount Doneraile.
Union of Middleton (Cork) 30 by the agent to Susannah Faucet.
Union of Mohill (Leltrim), 34 by the agent to the Earl of Granard, 84 by the agent to Westby Percival, Esq.; 30 by the agent to Francis Nesbitt Esq.; 31 by the Earl of Leitrim, and 29 the agent of W. O'Gara, Esq.
Union of Mountmellick (Queen's County aka Laois), 41 by the agent of Sir C. Molyneux and others, by the Earl of Mornington, and 25 by the Rev. W. Waller.
Union of Mullingar (Westmeath), tl by the agent W. and R. Hunt, and by the agent of Erasmus Smith's school.
Union of Nenagh, 32 by the agent to Lord Dunally.
Union of Newcastle (Limerick), 29 by the agent of Keating and Westropps, and 42 by the agent of H. Adams, Esq.
Union of Roscommon, 42 the agent of Nicholas Balfe, Esq., and 41 by the agent to H. S.P. Mahon, Esq.
Union of Roscrea (Tipperary) 2,000* by the agent to B. Franklin, Esq., 18* by the agent Lord Muskerry, 18 by the agent to Joseph Horn, Esq, aad 22 by Joha Sadlier.
Union of Scariff (Clare), 67 by the receiver under the Court of Chancery; 35 the agent to F. T. Fitzerald, 32 by the agent to T. Arthur, Esq.; 21 by A. T. Martin, Esq.; and 36 by the agent to Michael Brody, Esq.
Union of Skibbereen (Cork), by the bailiff to John Hochur, Esq, and 32 by the nil to Thomas Mannion, Esq.
Union of Strabane (Tyrone), 28 by the to the Marquis Abercorn; 24 by the owner, Isabella Mathewson.
Union Thurles (Tipperary), 61 the bailiff to Viscount de Chabot.
Union of Tipperary, 48 by the agent the Hon. W. H. Hare.
Union of Westford, 63 by the agent to the Earl of Lucan.

*It is stated in a note to the return, that the above cases marked with a star refer to the number of families evicted, and not to the number of persons.—Morning Chronicle

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Are these records available somewhere by family name? If so, where.

Pegeen44

Tuesday 8th September 2020 11:46PM

Good question. Which county/ parish are you interested in?

IrelandXO_DM

Wednesday 9th September 2020 05:31AM

At the moment I'm looking at Kerry County and several parishes. And because I'm unfamiliar with Irish genealogy, I'll throw out the name of Killarney, which I believe is the town some of my family came from, as well as surrounding areas. Surnames Cunningham/Counihan, Cullity, Lyons, Breshnahan. They lived there, I think in the early to mid 1800s before emigrating to the US. I also have another branch that is said to be from Northern Ireland around Antrim, but they came to the US in the early 1700s so I can't find anything on them.

Pegeen44

Wednesday 9th September 2020 12:07PM

Evictions were reported in the news and to the local PLU (workhouse). They may also turn up in Petty Court Records.

To discover what local records have survived, ask our dedicated volunteer message board for Killarney here: https://irelandxo.com/ireland/kerry/killarney-kerry

IrelandXO_DM

Wednesday 9th September 2020 10:31PM

Could you please tell me where I can find out more about Kilkenny evictions? Thanks Dale

dfgrty

Thursday 10th September 2020 11:20AM

Hello,

My McMahon and Duffy families were tenant farmers in Crossmaglen and Cullyhanna, Armagh.

Can you point me to where I can possibly find more details, PLease

maureen

MNM

Thursday 10th September 2020 06:15PM

Hi, im interested in Bernard Duffy and John Molloy from Killoe, Longford. Is there a way to find out if they were evicted?

JC

Sunday 30th May 2021 08:59PM

Why were Tipperary numbers so high? Looks like the agent for B. Franklin had 2000 alone.

churnsrph

cburnsr

Sunday 30th May 2021 09:07PM

Hi, where can I find information about Kilkenny evictions, looking at the area of Ballyhale.

holdenam

Sunday 30th May 2021 09:20PM

Hi, I too would like more information about the Kilkenny evictions. My ancestors emigrated from Kilfane Estate, near Gowran during the famine in 1848 to Australia. I'm writing a book about it now. Patrick

Patrick

Sunday 30th May 2021 09:43PM

I would like some more information about the evictions in Tipperary please.

Marylou Verberne

Sunday 30th May 2021 09:47PM

My great great grandfather John Guinane was born in Roscrea in 1822 and married a Catherine Smith in Toronto Canada in 1841. I'm not sure when he immigrated to Canada and am wondering if there is any information on the Guinanes of Roscrea during that period of time. I knew that he imigrated before the potato famine but hadn't though that the Evictions of that era might have been the reason he left Ireland. Thanks for any info anyone might have for me.

Deirdre Williams

deirdre williams

Sunday 30th May 2021 09:53PM

Where would I find records on County Leitrim, especially Mohill? My 2nd great grandmother, Ellen Geelan, daughter of Michael Geelan and Ellen Creegan, was 5 years old when the famine began. I'm interested in learning about and understandiing her experience as a child. School records, evection records, workhouse records, all would be helpful. Thanks.

Laurel

Sunday 30th May 2021 10:10PM

My great grandmother came from Toomevara in Tipperary where there was an infamous eviction of almost the entire village. Her parents Thomas Ryan and Honora Ryan (nee Shanahan) would have been living ther in 1850 when the tumbling of the houses occured. Her name was Bridget Ryan and she arrived in Australia on the ship Silver Eagel on 7th June 1882.. Are there any records of those evicted in Toomavera,

Tony Arnold

Sunday 30th May 2021 10:11PM

This has created lots of interest! -me included. My interest is in the the Carlingford area of Co Louth. My ancestors were John and Jane (Nee MACKIN) CALLAGHAN who had 2 children born there and who were left behind when the parents emigrated to the USA sometime 1844-1845. They went on to have a further five children and I cannot find any indication that they had any correspondence to their older 2 in Ireland. Very puzzling. Any tips appreciated. Thank you

Jaybe

Sunday 30th May 2021 10:29PM

My Great great grandfather Patrick Matthews born around 1840 in Louth. On his death certificate his father is named as Owen a licensed vitriculler. I know Pattrick was in Bouke NSW in 1860, he married in Wilcannia in 1869. As yet I haven't been able to fill in from 1840-60. Any help suggesting how I can find out about Owen or Pattrick would be so helpful. Louth isn't just a town ? its made up of a lot of counties ? from what I've seen so far....needle in haystack.... Thankyou

Gillian

Sunday 30th May 2021 10:40PM

My great grandfather Singleton Major was born in Liskeyborough, County Armagh 1845 - 1924, his wife was Maragret Hutchinson born 1854 -1918. He worked on a farm in Liskeyborough.

I am interested in learning about both my great grandfather and great grandmother life. I know eventually they went to live in Belfast, were they both died there.

Nermal

Sunday 30th May 2021 11:49PM

My great grandfather Singleton Major was born in Liskeyborough, County Armagh 1845 - 1924, his wife was Maragret Hutchinson born 1854 -1918. He worked on a farm in Liskeyborough.

I am interested in learning about both my great grandfather and great grandmother life. I know eventually they went to live in Belfast, were they both died there.

Nermal

Sunday 30th May 2021 11:49PM

I am researching what happened to the group of FOGARTY families who were evicted from the townlands of Rathmacan and Gurtnagap in the parish of Tullaroan in 1849. The family of Anasatia FOGARTY (HOGAN) widow of John FOGARTY emigrated to America and another family of Jeremiah FOGARTY to Tullanvoolty, Erke. Others may have moved to the parish of Kilmanagh.

I would be interested to learn more, either about these families or the evictions in Kilkenny.

In response to holdenam, I found this:

https://irishfamineeviction.com/kilkenny/

It mentions Ballyhale.

Dale

dfgrty

Sunday 30th May 2021 11:54PM

This latest contact was a waste of time. As someone has already posted we need surnames by county with the ability to click & check if it is our ancestors on our family tree. Same applies to names & locatione of the Pourhouses'

David McGimpsey

kirsten

Monday 31st May 2021 07:04AM

Are there any record for "Doherty" Ennistymon.

Regards

Ray Doherty

Monday 31st May 2021 08:09AM

I think, as always that people are keen to pass on information but have little regard that a major stumbling block in Irish research is the name of the placenames used in the 1901 and 1911 Censuses are not necessarily the same. Poor Union districts are different from County boundaries and will be different to RC and C of I boundaries etc. Please could authors give some kind of indication to help everyone? I am fairly familiar with Ireland but even someone like me with years of experience of trying to find places has had to produce my own maps and diagrams as reference?

Seamus Crowe, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

Monday 31st May 2021 11:36AM

I find this information very interesting as my 3 rd and 2nd great grandmothers immigrated from Abbyside, Dungarvan in 1841. My 2 nd great grandfather, Patrick Power(s) was also fromAbbyside, Dungarvan. I don't know when he left Ireland, but was in Chicago by 1849. is there any way to trace the evictions by name?

Suz

Monday 31st May 2021 01:30PM

Where csn I find infio about the eviction of Mary Callaghan iofDromcummer, Castlemagner Parish, County Cork, about 1846? The landlord was the Church School Board of the City of Cork.

Monday 31st May 2021 01:34PM

Where csn I find infio about the eviction of Mary Callaghan iofDromcummer, Castlemagner Parish, County Cork, about 1846? The landlord was the Church School Board of the City of Cork.

Monday 31st May 2021 01:34PM

The best place to look for evictions is through the Irish Newspaper Archives. Often, names were given, and certainly the landlord's name, the estate name and the townlands were given. Dr Ciaran O'Reilly is putting together a very good interactive study on Irish Famine Evictions which can be accessed here: https://irishfamineeviction.com/about/ You will be able to find more information and the project can be searched by county.

Jane

Jane H, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

Tuesday 1st June 2021 12:18PM

Jane

Jane H, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

Tuesday 1st June 2021 12:18PM

Jane

Jane H, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

Tuesday 1st June 2021 12:18PM

Jane

Jane H, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

Tuesday 1st June 2021 12:18PM

Can you search by family name for evictions??

Tuesday 1st June 2021 10:07PM

Can you search by family name for evictions??

Tuesday 1st June 2021 10:07PM

Eviction of Roger McKenna, Enybegs, parish of Killoe, Co. Longford?

BridMcK

Thursday 3rd June 2021 12:59PM

Possible eviction of Roger McKenna/McCanna from Garvagh, parish of Clonbroney, Co. Longford?

BridMcK

Thursday 3rd June 2021 01:47PM

I am interested in evictions County Tipperary. Sometime ago this notice below was sent to me regarding the eviction of my ancestors in Parish Ballinahinch and Killoscully. I would like to find out more information. Amongs others following this particular family there is a feeling they refused to pay for the leases. It was at a time when landlords wanted to have fewer leases. Further evidence was gleaned from an original Giffith Evaluation Report and an amended version as I was also interested in who acquired th leases these families had. It is also family lore in living descendants in Ireland.

EVICTIONS IN THE HALF BARONY OF OWNEY, COUNTY TIPPERARY.
Southern Reporter and Cork Commercial Courier; Cork, Ireland; August 31, 1848

A faith worthy correspondent furnishes us with the following list of the number of families recently ejected from their holdings on two properties, in the parish of Killoscully and above barony. From the Townlands of Curraghduff and Crossguile, the estate of the Rev. Mr Roe, but at present under the courts:-

Daniel Corboy, 5 in family; Michael Corboy, sen, 5; Michael Conroy jun. 1; John O'Brien, 3; Kennedy Ryan, 3; Misses Boland 2; Pat Mara, 4; Denis Humphreys, 3; Michael Waltho, 8; James Waltho,3; Widow Waltho, 6; Pat Fogarty, 7; Andy Ryan, 6; Larry Gleeson, 8; Widow Dwyer, 5; Widow Cyan, 6; Widow Moylan, 7; John Ryan, 6; Widow Boland, 3; Denis Slattery, 7; John Flannery, 5; amounting in the whole to the appalling number of 104 human beings!cast upon the world without shelter of a roof. from the Townland of Doonane, adjoining the above, and being the estate of richard Phillips, Esq, the following hvve been ejected:-

maureen.sexton

Saturday 5th June 2021 10:59PM

Re Deirdre Williams query of 30 May 2021.

Roscrea Baptismal records for the period 1 Jan 1821 - 31 Dec 1823 have only one John Guinan recorded. He was baptised on 21st May 1823 a son of Thomas Guinan & Judith Scanlon. The Guinan name is not uncommon in that area, (pronounced Gynan. I was unable to find a marriage record for Thomas & Judith.

Michael Maher

Wednesday 12th January 2022 11:10PM

Any data on Donegore, Antrim ? My HENRY family were there from c1826 but ended up in England.

DMT2013

Wednesday 21st September 2022 10:09PM

My ancestors are from Toomevara Tipperary (Ballymackey, Reiskmore House, Falleen, buried at Ballygibbon… all are mentioned in different records) Denis Loughnane was RC Bowen’s bailiff and was a Nenagh poor house guardian and I know there were some issues there as I have some articles. I’m not sure if Denis evicted anyone, or when he began being the bailiff and when he ended. Would appreciate any information anyone had on this!

Betsy

Wednesday 21st September 2022 10:59PM

There is a book The Famine Clearance in Toomevara, County Tipperary by Helen O'Brien Four Courts Press Dublin 2020 64 pages that discusses Toomevara before, during and after the famine and the clearance. It may be difficult to buy a copy but is available in a number of libraries.

Description:

On May 28, 1849, at the height of the Ireland's Great Famine, over 500 people were cruelly evicted from the village of Toomevara, county Tipperary. Reports of the clearance spread far and wide, and its notoriety was such that it was discussed in the British House of Commons. The determination to clear the village was carried out with little regard for the welfare or survival of its inhabitants, and the conditions in which those who remained in the village found themselves in are difficult to comprehend in the present day. This publication is the first detailed study of the clearance. It examines Toomevara parish's experience throughout the years 1845-1851, with particular focus on the clearance and the events which followed. A wide variety of sources are referred to, from official Irish government records to local newspaper reports and local folk memory. Perhaps the saddest part of Toomevara's Famine history was the role some of its own people played in the suffering of their fellow parishioners in the period following the clearance, sparking a bitterness which remained in the social memory of the parish for generations.

Dale

dfgrty

Wednesday 21st September 2022 11:11PM

Description:

Dale

dfgrty

Wednesday 21st September 2022 11:12PM

My ancestors are Maguire from Tandragee in Armagh and aston from Banbridge in county Dover. Where could I find information on these two places for evictions.

lyn

Lynette Burfitt

Thursday 22nd September 2022 12:02AM

Can I find out about evictions from Kilfree area, County Sligo? I am looking for surname Sherlock

Kay Kitchen

Thursday 22nd September 2022 02:04AM

My ancestors are Nicholas and Catherine (Keenan) Campbell from Dunleer, County Louth. They left Ireland sometime between 1840 and 1845 for the US. I don't know if the famine had any impact on their decision to leave Ireland. I would like to learn anything I can about either of them before they left Ireland for the US.

Thank You,

Kathleen Campbell Walker

Kathleen

Thursday 22nd September 2022 02:50AM

Sarah Malampy left Tipperary in 1841 and sailed on the Agricola to Port Philip Bay in Australia. Is this too early to be an eviction or was something else happening in Tipperary?

Jean

Thursday 22nd September 2022 04:59AM

My 2nd Great Grandmother Margaret (Mary) Cox b c1838 Dublin appeared in Leicester, England in 1871 but i have no record of her before then . I originally thought that the family left Dublin during the potato famine but that has left me nowhere. I did not know about these evictions until a week ago and i feel a certain shame about the actions of the landowners concerned. I am beginning to wonder if my 2nd Gt Grandmothers surname is correct as I cannot find any evidence of Cox being her real name. Could her family have been evicted from the Dublin area and then anglicized their last name?

Iain M Cooke

Thursday 22nd September 2022 07:09AM

The surname COX is not uncommon in Dublin. https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=Cox so is unlikely to have been anglicised. The famine is generally considered to be from 1845-1851/2 so 1871 is later than this. Evictions preceded the famine and continued into the late 1800s and early 1900s.

What religion was she? Do you know her parents' names? Or any other family? What records have you looked at in England?

If you go to https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/ you will see many entries for people named Margaret COX. There are 24 baptisms between 1830-1840 in Dublin, 21 Roman Catholic and 3 Church of Ireland.

Dale

dfgrty

Thursday 22nd September 2022 08:42AM

Correction: Most of those entries refer to either a mother or much more frequently a sponsor named Margaret COX. There is only one baptism for a Margaret COX. That is not to say it is the relevant one for you nor that there may be others not captured by this quick search.

Area - DUBLIN (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. MARY, PRO CATHEDRAL

Baptism of MARGT COX of N/R on 18 May 1830

Name	MARGT COX
Date of Birth	N/R N/R N/R
Address	N/R
Father	WILLIAM COX
Mother	JANE COX

Further details in the record

Sponsor 1	LAURENCE BYRNE
Sponsor 2	MARY CASEY

About the record

Book Number	Page	Entry Number	Record_Identifier	Image Filename
N/R	9	N/R	DU-RC-BA-538363	st.mary's-pro-cath_mf_1826-1837_ba_0628

Dale

dfgrty

Thursday 22nd September 2022 09:09AM

do you have any information on the family McCready or McCreedy or other variations of that name. Mary McCready came from Newtown Stuart and I believe might of ended up in the workhouse at Strabane?

Mary left Ireland as part of the Earl Grey Scheme 1849/1850. Would like more details of her life before she left.

Thanks Gaele