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 |
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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 |