On the 29th of November, 1852, 31 Orphan Girls from Mountbellew Workhouse set sail on The Palestine. They departed from Plymouth and their destination was Australia. The arduous journey took 5 months with the ship eventually docking in Freemantle, Australia on the 28th of April, 1853.
The girls on board were listed as follows;
Marianne Atkins, aged 18
Mary Butler, aged 19
Elizabeth Carberry, aged 20
Mary Carberry, aged 18
Celia Coldhan, aged 20
Catherine Coleman, aged 16
Biddy Concannon, aged 22
Catherine Cunningham, aged 20
Mary Cunningham, aged 20
Mary Dooley, aged 20
Margaret Egan, aged 18
Martha Egan, aged 18
Biddy Fitzgerald, aged 18
Mary Flanagan, aged 18
Mary Flynn, aged 18
Mary Geraghty, aged 21
Catherine Glynn, aged 18
Ellen Hansberry, aged 22
Mary Heavy, aged 20
Catherine Hughes, aged 18
Mary Kilfoyle, aged 22
Mary Kilroy, aged 20
Marie Lowe, age 18
Mary Mannion, aged 24
Jane Neille, aged 18
Maria Neille, aged 18
Mary Noon, aged 20
Biddy Staunton, aged 19
Mary Taylor, aged 19
Biddy Tully, aged 21
Catherine Tully aged 22
This Chronicle was created with thanks to the Mountbellew Workhouse Orphan Girls Project
