Passenger List of the Astrea Ship, 1834 • Chronicles

The following list contains the names of those who boarded the ill-fated Astrea at Custom House Quay Limerick on the 15th April 1834. The ship wrecked on May 1834 and there were only three survivors. The wreck had occurred at Loran Head, five miles east of Louisburgh, Cape Breton, North America.

One of survivors, Jerome O’Sullivan, (Also recorded as Sullivan) wrote to his sister Catherine in Limerick of his experience that night.

The original news report from the Limerick Chronicle 11 June 1834 can be seen on the Limerick City Library Local Studies Section.

That same year the emigrant sail ship James who also departed from Limerick with the loss of over 200 lives.

Passenger List of the Astrea Ship, 1834:

Surname	First Name	Home County	Gender	Age	Occupation
Corbett	Michael	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Corbett	Bridget	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Corbett	Bridget	Clare	Female	0-13	Child
Corbett	Mary	Clare	Female	0-13	Child
Corbett	Michael	Clare	Male	0-13	Child
Gleeson	Judith	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Halloran	Owen	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Halloran	Michael	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Halloran	Ellen	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Halloran	Margaret	Clare	Female	0-13	Child
McGrath	Catherine	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Meany	Thomas	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Meany	Bridget	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Morony	John	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Morony	Hannah	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Rose	Mary	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Slattery	Mary	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Sullivan	James	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Wing	Edward	Clare	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Wing	Anne	Clare	Female	14+	Unknown
Amorous	Daniel	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Banks	Edward	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Barrett	Honora	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Bassett	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Battam	Thady	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Battam	Johanna	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Battam	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Broderick	Denis	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Callaghan	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Callaghan	Bridget	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Callaghan	James	Limerick	Male	0-13	Child
Casey	William	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Clifford	Anastatia	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Coffey	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Collins	Edward	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Collins	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Collins	Fallon	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Collins	Ellen	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Collins	Honora	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Connell	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Connell	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Connors	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Crotty	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Crotty	Bridget	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Crowe	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Curtin	Jeremiah	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Curtin	Jeremiah	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Curtin	Johanna	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Curtin	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Cussen	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Cussen	Johanna	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Dea	Maurice	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Doolan	Timothy	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Doolan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Downes	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Fallon	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Fallon	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Fitzgerald	Edmund	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Fitzgerald	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Fitzgerald	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Fitzgerald	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Fitzgerald	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Gleeson	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Gleeson	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Gleeson	Ellen	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Gleeson	Bridget	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Griffin	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Griffin	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hallinan	Terry	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hallinan	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hanrahan	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hanrahan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Hanrahan	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Hayes	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Heffernan	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Heffernan	Judith	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Heffernan	Judith	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Hegarty	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Hehir	Daniel	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hennessy	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hennessy	Bridget	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Keane	Daniel	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Keane	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Kelly	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Kelly	Catherine	Limerick	Female	0-13	Child
Kenny	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Lacy	Bartholomew	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Lane	Daniel	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Leo	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Leo	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Leo	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Leo	Ellen	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Leo	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Leo	Mary	Limerick	Female	0-13	Child
Leo	Michael	Limerick	Male	0-13	Child
Leo	Patrick	Limerick	Male	0-13	Child
Leo	James	Limerick	Male	0-13	Child
Lloyd	Ellen	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Lonergan	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Lonergan	Patrick	Limerick	Male	0-13	Child
Lowe	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Lowe	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Lowe	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Lowe	Thomas	Limerick	Male	0-13	Child
Lowe	Mary	Limerick	Female	0-13	Child
Lowe	Mary	Limerick	Female	0-13	Child
Madden	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
McCormick	Sarah	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
McMahon	Sarah	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
McNamara	Mathew	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
McNamara	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
McNamara	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
M'Donnell	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Meade	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Meade	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Meade	Julia	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
M'Mahon	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Moloney	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Murnane	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Murphy	Timothy	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Murphy	Bridget	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Murphy	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Murray	Eugene	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Nolan	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Nunan	William	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
O'Brien	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
O'Connell	Thomas	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
O'Connor	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
O'Connor	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
O'Meara	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
O'Shaughessy	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
O'Sullivan	Jerome	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Surgeon, Survivor
Quin	Anne	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Regan	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Regan	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Rice	Bridget	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Riordan	Daniel	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Riordan	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Riordan	Catherine	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Rose	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Roughan	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Roughan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Ryan	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	Edward	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Ryan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Ryan	Betsey	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Sheahan	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Sheehy	James	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Sleade	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Sullivan	Bartholomew	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Sullivan	John	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Sullivan	Patrick	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Sullivan	Margaret	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Sullivan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Sullivan	Mary	Limerick	Female	14+	Unknown
Tracy	Michael	Limerick	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
O'Donnell	William	LimerickCity	Male	14 - 40	Silk Mercer
Foley	Bridget	Tarbert,Kerry	Female	14+	Unknown
Ryan	Margaret	Tarbert,Kerry	Female	14+	Unknown
Breen	Honora	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Breen	Daniel	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Breen	John	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Breen	Michael	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Brew	Patrick	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Brew	Michael	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Clifford	William	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Dixon	Thomas	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Dwyer	Connor	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Dwyer	Timothy	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Dwyer	Edward	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Dwyer	Winifred	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Dwyer	Johanna	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Dwyer	Mary	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Dwyer	Mary	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Dwyer	Ellen	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Dwyer	Patrick	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Dwyer	John	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Dwyer	Honora	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Dwyer	Catherine	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Dwyer	Margaret	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Edgar	Thomas	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Edgar	Bridget	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Edgar	Catherine	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Edgar	James	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Flood	James	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hickey	Michael	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Hickey	John	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Horan	Daniel	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Lysaght	Michael	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	Timothy	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	William	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	Patrick	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Ryan	Mary	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Sweeny	Edward	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Walshe	John	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Walshe	James	Tipperary	Male	14 - 40	Unknown
Walshe	Honora	Tipperary	Female	14+	Unknown
Walshe	Judith	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Walshe	Mary	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Walshe	Honora	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Walshe	Bridget	Tipperary	Female	0-13	Child
Walshe	Jeremiah	Tipperary	Male	0-13	Child
Chrysam	Robert	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Fanning	George	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Gleeson	Winifred	Unknown	Female	0-13	Child
Gromwell	T.	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Henderson	H.	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Mate
Hill	W.	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
King	John	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Mangan	Daniel	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Martin	James	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Marty	Jacob	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
McNamara	William	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Nash	Peter	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew
Reaghan	Anne	Unknown	Female	0-13	Child
Ridley	William	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Master
Scanlan	Edward	Unknown	Male	0-13	Child
Smith	T.	Unknown	Male	Unknown	Ship Crew

2 Comments

Sharon Slater on January 31, 2014 at 19:58

I loved “If these wall could talk” it was a wonderful piece of research. I would love if you would keep me informed if you do get your maritime history online. I would be more than happy to host guest posts from you on the subject if you would like.
You can contact me at limerickslife@gmail.com

Sharon
James Anthony McMahon on January 29, 2014 at 14:53

Hi Sharon
I never knew about your brilliant web site until my friend, Liz Emery, posted it on her Facebook page.
I loved the old photographs of Limerick and also your work on the Astrea shipwreck. I have a lot of information about the Maritime history of Limerick which I intend to put on the Internet, as soon as I learn how to set it up.

In the meantime, I would be delighted to share any info with you. I am the guy who researched the history of the Limerick Athenaeum for Seamus Flynn which he put on the Internet back in 1997.
Many thanks
James