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 |