Dempsey of Irvilloughter

Hello There

Many thanks for your email. I will source what information I can for you. We have a list of the passengers for the period. I will also forward this to the Killure volunteers, and they will source what information they can for you.

Will be in touch.

Paula

Ireland Reaching Out

email: pkennedy@irelandxo.com

Hello Henry

Please see attached a list of passengers that left Galway for Quebec on the Ship Sea Bird on June 15th 1848.

We are just in the process of setting up a project in the Ahascragh/Killure parishes, of tracing residents that left that area of Irvillioughter in 1848/49.

Regards

Paula

 

"Sea Bird"

List of Passengers from Galway to Quebec on Ship SEA BIRD, 15 June 1848.

 

Michael Byrne                 22

Anne Byrne                    20

Anne Carney                   20

John Carty                    60

Bridget Carty                 55

Mary Carty                    25

Peggy Carty                   21

Martin Carty                  15

Thomas Carty                  14

Edward Carty                  12

Peter Carty                   10

Ann Carty                      2

John Casey                    15

Pat Casey                     15

Michael Coffey                20

Margaret Conway               24

Thomas Conway                  7

Margaret Conway                3

Pat Conway                     2

Bridget Cosgrave              50

Peter Cosgrave                29

John Cosgrave                 26

Thomas Cosgrave               20

Anne Cosgrave                 18

Margaret Cosgrave             17

Michael Cosgrave              16

James Cosgrave                13

Mary Cosgrave                 10

Pat Cosgrave                   7

James Cosgrave                41

Mary Cosgrave                 37

Anne Cosgrave                 12

Maria Cosgrave                 8

Pat Cosgrave                   4

Thomas Cosgrave                3

William Cosgrave               2

Catherine Cosgrave             2

Bridget Cosgrave              22

John Cosgrave                 24

Francis Cosgrave              20

Anne Cosgrave                 34

John Cosgrave                  4

James Cosgrave                 1

Thomas Cosgrave               11

Bridget Cosgrave              12

Julia Cosgrave                22

Pat Cosgrave                  35

Mary Cosgrave                 32

John Cosgrave                  4

Bridget Cosgrave               3

Thomas Cosgrave               38

Hannah Cosgrave               23

Hannah Cosgrave                1

Peter Craughwell              40

Winifred Craughwell           38

Kitty Craughwell              20

Catherine Craughwell          18

Mary Craughwell               16

Bridget Craughwell            14

Rose Craughwell               13

Ellen Craughwell              11

Patrick Craughwell             8

John Craughwell                4

Thomas Craughwell             20

Honoria Craughwell            18

Mary Craughwell               16

Pat Craughwell                15

Thomas Daw(e)                 32

Bridget Daw(e)                28

Biddy Daw(e)                   4

Pat Daw(e)                     2

Mary Ann Daw(e)                6 Mo.

James Daw(e)                  20

Anne Daw(e)                   20

John Daw(e)                   18

Mary Daw(e)                   16

Henry Dempsey                 50

Catherine Dempsey             47

Patrick Dempsey               21

Margaret Dempsey              18

Mary Dempsey                  15

John Dempsey                  13

Anne Dempsey                  13

Michael Dempsey               10

Henry Dempsey                  4

Catherine Dempsey              1

John Dempsey                  57

Bridget Dempsey               55

John Dempsey                  30

Biddy Dempsey                 30

Margaret Dempsey               6

Ann Dempsey                    5

Catherine Dempsey              1

Michael Dempsey               32

Catherine Dempsey             31

Bridget Dempsey                8

Pat Dempsey                    5

Bryan Dolan                   17

John Dolan                    15

Thomas Dolan                  15

Catherine Donlon              55

Thomas Donlon                 30

Catherine Donlon              30

John Donlon                   26

Pat Donlon                    20

Bridget Donlon                17

Thomas Dooley                  1

Mary Dowd                     20

Mary Egan                     20

Nicholas Flannery             40

Nancy Flannery                38

Pat Flannery                  13

Michael Flannery              12

Mary Flannery                 10

Catherine Flannery             8

Margaret Flannery              7

Ellen Flannery                 5

Winifred Flannery              4

John Flannery                  6 Mo.

John Foster                   20

Michael Golden                24

Hannah Golden                 24

Mary Golden                    3

Thomas Golden                  1

Margaret Gormally             37

Mary Gormally                 36

John Gormally                 13

Bridget Gormally              11

Catherine Gormally             9

Thady Gormally                 4

Denis Gr(e)ady                30

John Gr(e)ady                 21

Honoria Gr(e)ady              20

Mary Gready                   18

Thomas Guinnessy              22

Bridget Guinnessy             20

Judy Ham(n)bury               23

Michael Horan                 38

Anne Horan                    34

Eliza Horan                   16

Michael Horan                  6

Catherine Horan                4

Thomas Horan                   2

Catherine Jennings            19

Pat Kennedy                   28

Anne Kennedy                  24

Bridget Kennedy               24

Catherine Kennedy             19

Pat Kennedy                   10

Pat (John) Kennedy            48

Mary Kennedy                  40

Bridget Kennedy               20

Catherine Kennedy             16

John Kennedy                  16

Biddy Kennedy                 16

Ann Kennedy                   14

Hannah Kennedy                12

Mary Kennedy                  10

Thomas Kennedy                 6

Peggy Kennedy                  4

Anthony Kilcannon             17

Bridget Killales              35

Mary Killales                 11

John Killales                  8

Margaret Killales              7

Mark Killales                  1

Bridget Killales              16

Darby Killales                46

Margaret Killales             44

Mary Killales                 16

John Killales                 15

Bridget Killales               9

John Killales                 19

Mathias Killales              45

Sally Killales                40

Michael Killales              19

Peggy Killales                16

Thomas Killales               14

Mathias Killales              10

Lawrence Killales              8

Patrick Killales              42

Patrick Killales              17

Bryan Kelly                   21

Biddy Loftus                  40

Mary Loftus                   22

Mary Ann Loftus               16

John Loftus                   15

Michael Loftus                15

Biddy Loftus                   9

Thomas Loftus                  6

Ellen Loftus                   3

Bridget Lynskey               25

Michael Lynskey               50

Judy Lynskey                  40

Thomas Lynskey                21

John Lynskey                  16

Mary Lynskey                  12

Catherine Lynskey             10

Timothy Lynskey               40

Richard Manly                 48

Bridget Manly                 40

Ellen Manly                   18

Bridget Manly                 16

Mary Manly                    14

John Manly                    12

James Manly                    9

Richard Manly                  3

John Morrissey                40

Hannah Morrissey              33

Ellen Morrissey               11

Maria Morrissey               10

Catherine Morrissey            4

Pat Morrissey                  3

Bridget Morrissey              2

Thomas Morrissey              37

Peggy Morrissey               36

John Morrissey                12

Mary Morrissey                 8

Bridget Morrissey              6

Mary Mulli(e)n                45

John Mulli(e)n                14

Catherine Naughton            26

Ellen C. Rafferty             22

John Rafferty                 50

Mary Ann Rafferty             50

Bridget Rafferty              24

Mary Ann Rafferty             22

Catherine Rafferty            20

Pat Rafferty                  18

John Rafferty                 15

Mary Rafferty                 40

John Rafferty Jnr.            20

Pat Rafferty                  16

Catherine Rafferty            15

Thomas Rafferty               12

Mary Spencer                  13

Ann White                     16

John "Black" White            60

Bridget White                 41

Mary White                    20

Nancy White                   18

John White                    16

Biddy White                   15

Pat White                     14

Martin White                  12

Michael White                  6

Jane White                     3

Pat White                     26

 

 

I am a descendant of Catherine and Henry  Dempsey listed on the recently posted list of passengers aboard the Sea Bird.  Their child, Michael, listed there was my great-grandfather.  I have extensive information on this branch of the Dempsey family who settled in Pittston, Pennsylvania and worked in the mines.  I would be interested in any information on the other Dempseys in this sailing, presumming they are relatives.  My Dempseys were part of the forced emigration from Irvilloughter and I would like to know more about this estate.

I am a descendant of Catherine and Henry  Dempsey listed on the recently posted list of passengers aboard the Sea Bird.  Their child, Michael, listed there was my great-grandfather.  I have extensive information on this branch of the Dempsey family who settled in Pittston, Pennsylvania and worked in the mines.  I would be interested in any information on the other Dempseys in this sailing, presumming they are relatives.  My Dempseys were part of the forced emigration from Irvilloughter and I would like to know more about this estate.

I'm a direct descendant of Henry and Catherine, through their child John. I have information on John's direct line.

Hi,

 

I have information on John Dempsey's side of the family if you'd like to trade info.

 

thank you,

m

Glad to hear from you, Maggie.  I would love to share information with you.  John was my gr-grandfather Michael's brother and they lived near each other in Pittston.  One big question I have is if you know anything about what happened to their father, Henry?  I am assuming he died soon after they arrived in US.  I too am in the US, in Maryland.  Where are you?

 

Evie

 

I know the family stayed in Quebec for a very short time (per John Dempsey's obit) before moving to Pittston. By census records, Henry died shortly after arrival but I don't know if in Quebec or PA. I am in Michigan, would love to see Michael's lineage. 

Hi Paula. Hi Henry.

My ancestor was Bridget Kennedy, who traveled to Quebec on the Sea Bird and is listed above.  I just found a source on Ancestry.com, which has a great article on the emigration initiative.  It is:  New World Immigrants, Volume II:  “State-Aided Emigration Schemes from Crown Estates in Ireland c. 1850” by Eilish Ellis, Analecta Hibernica, XXII (1960), pages 331-394.  Article found in New World Immigrants:  A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Volume II. edited by Tepper. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1979.

My questions are:

- Do you have any information on Bridget's family?

- Where exactly would the Irvilloughter Estate, Asherach, Galway lie?  Is there anyplace I can visit during my impending trip to Ireland?

With best regards,

Maggie, you mention having John Dempsey's obit and it mentions they stayed in Quebec awhile while immigrating.  Could you post a copy of it;  I thought I had determined that the particular sailing they were on from Ireland came to NYC.  evienaranjo@gmail.com

Hi Rob

Irvilloughter is a townland in the parish of Ahascragh. In the late 1840s some of the residents of the area were paid assisted passage to Quebec. If you look at the Ordnance Survey Historical Mapping function on the OSI website HERE you should be able to zoom in to the area to see the townland in the present and the past (when you get to the page the link to zoom into the map is just above their Price List for those who want to purchase a map. You just want to view so it's free from there).

It takes a bit of time to get the hang of it but it is great to be able to see the old features on the landscape like the wells, lime kilns and castles. 

Best wishes

Clare Doyle

Genealogy Support 

Thanks, Clare!  Greatly appreciated.