The following is thanks to and dedicated to the memory of
Patrick “the old Goat” Galligan (1931-2007).
LIMERICK UNION WORKHOUSE (LIMERICK CITY) EMIGRATION 1851 – 1859
| Last Name | First Name | Electoral Division | Destination | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry | Margt. | Ballysimon | New York | July 1856 |
| Bentley | Ellen | Limerick | New York | Oct 1854 |
| Bentley | Mary | Limerick | New York | Oct 1854 |
| Boland | James | Ballysimon | New York | Aug 1853 |
| Bonner | Frnk. | Not indicated | Quebec | 1857 |
| Bradley | Bridget | Cloontra | Sydney | Aug 1853 |
| Bradley | Anne | Cloontra | Sydney | Oct 1858 |
| Brown | Eliza | Union at Large | New York | Sept 1858 |
| Burke | Honora | Ditto | Sydney | Oct 1856 |
| Butler | Ellen | Roxboro | New Orleans | May 1857 |
| Butler | Patk & Cath | Roxboro | New Orleans | May 1857 |
| Campbell | Denis | Fahymore | New York | Aug 1853 |
| Carmody | Anne | Limerick | New York | May 1858 |
| Carmody | Honora | Limerick | New York | May1858 |
| Carroll | William | Limerick | New York | Dec 1853 |
| Clune | Brigt. & Ellen | Limerick | America | June 1856 |
| Collins | Edmund | Patrickswell | America | July 1856 |
| Collopy | Johanna | Limerick | New York | Nov 1854 |
| Conneil | Margt | Limerick | New York | May 1854 |
| Connell | Bridget | Cloghera | America | June 1854 |
| Connelly | Bridget | Cappamore | New York | July 1853 |
| Connors | James | Ballyvarra | New York | Sept 1857 |
| Cooley | Mary | Limerick | New York | May 1858 |
| Crowe | John | Ballyglass | New York | Nov 1854 |
| Dillon | Ally Eliza | Killokennedy | New York | Oct 1854 |
| Dinan | Mrs. | Not Shown | Quebec | June 1856 |
| Donnellan | Margaret | Cratloe | America | Sept 1853 |
| Donohue | Jas & Patk. | Not Shown | New York | April 1855 |
| Drew | Margaret | Clarina | New York | April 1854 |
| Dwyer | Mary Anne | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Egan | Terence | Limerick | NewYork | Dec 1853 |
| Elders | Jane & Margt | Not Shown | New York | Sept 1858 |
| Finne | Ellen | Limerick | New York | May 1853 |
| Fitzgerald | Michael | Kiltanolea | America | June 1853 |
| Flanagan | Mary | Workhouse Nurse | Quebec | Not shown |
| Flynn | Matilda & Mary | Cloghera | New York | May 1853 |
| Fogarty | Patrick | Limerick | Quebec | July 1857 |
| Fox | John | Fahymore | New York | Sept 1858 |
| Garrett | Mary | Limerick | New York | May 1854 |
| Gleeson | Mary | Limerick | New York | October 1857 |
| Goonan | Bridget | Limerick | New York | May 1857 |
| Gorman | Patrick | Not Shown | America | August 1854 |
| Grady | Hannah | Not Shown | Not Shown | Not Shown |
| Griffin | Mary | Roxboro | America | June 1853 |
| Griffin | Michael | Limerick | Quebec | July 1854 |
| Griffin | Edward | Limerick | New York | Oct 1856 |
| Griffin | (Brothers) | Roxboro | America | Oct 1857 |
| Hacket | Thomas | Kiltanolea | Boston | Oct 1853 |
| Hacket | Thomas | Kiltanolea | Boston | Oct 1853 |
| Hacket | Margaret | Kiltanolea | Boston | Oct 1853 |
| Hallinan | Mary & child | Limerick | New York | July 1859 |
| Hannan | Anne | Not Shown | Quebec | 1854 |
| Hannon | James | Limerick | New York | 1859 |
| Hanrahan | Margt | Limerick | America | July 1854 |
| Hartney | Cath. | Limerick | New York | Sept 1857 |
| Hayes | Michael | Limerick | Quebec | Aug 1854 |
| Hayes | Thos. | Killokennedy | New York | May 1858 |
| Hinchey | Edward | Union at Large | New York | Dec 1853 |
| Holmes | Thomas | Limerick | New York | Sept 1857 |
| Howard | Geo. & John | Limerick | America | Nov 1854 |
| Hunt | Janet | Limerick | America | Dec 1853 |
| Jones | Mary Anne | Limerick | New York | Oct. 1858 |
| Jones | Anne & son | Limerick | New York | July 1859 |
| Kennedy | Johanna | Limerick | Sydney | Oct 1856 |
| Kennedy | Jer & Mary | Not shown | Australia | May 1858 |
| Kennedy | Andrew | Not shown | Australia | May 1858 |
| Kenny | Daniel | Not shown | New York | Nov 1856 |
| Kerley | Patrick | Not shown | New York | Sept 1857 |
| King | Margt | Limerick | Philadelphia | July 1853 |
| Lawlor | Mary | Limerick | New York | July 1859 |
| Lillis | Patrick (would later send for his niece & nephew) | Clarina | America | Jun 1856 |
| Lynch | Patrick | Limerick | Quebec | April 1855 |
| Madden | Patrick | Union at Large | New York | June 1853 |
| Malone | John, M.D. | Not indicated | America | July 1852 |
| Mangan | Cath. | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Mangan | Hugh | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Mangan | Bridgt. | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Mangan | Stephan | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Mangan | Thomas | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Marshall | Anne | Not shown | Australia | Oct 1855 |
| McCormack | Mary & Cath. | Kilmurry | New York | June 1855 |
| McDonnell | Hanoria | Limerick | New York | July 1859 |
| McInerney | Michael | Limerick | Canada | July 1857 |
| McMahon | Bridget | Roxboro | America | Aug 1854 |
| McMahon | John | O’Callaghan’s & Mills | America | Dec 1857 |
| McNamara | Honora (accompanied girls to Quebec) | Not Indicated | Quebec | 1852-1853 |
| McNamara | Cath. | Cloontra | New Sth. Wales | Jan 1853 |
| McNamara | Patrick | Cloontra | New Sth. Wales | Jan 1853 |
| McNamara | John | Limerick | Quebec | May 1853 |
| McNamara | Bridget | Killeely | New York | June 1853 |
| McNamara | John | Killokennedy | America | Oct 1853 |
| McNamara | Bridget | Killeely | Melbourne | May 1854 |
| McNamara | Margt | Killeely | Melbourne | May 1854 |
| McNamara | John | Broadford | Quebec | March 1857 |
| McNamara | Edward | Broadford | Quebec | March 1857 |
| McNamara | Michael | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Meany | John & Cath. | Limerick | New York | May 1858 |
| Minihan | Bridget | Kiltanonlea | America | June 1853 |
| Minihan | James | Kiltanonlea | America | June 1853 |
| Minihan | Denis | Kiltanonlea | America | June 1853 |
| Moloney | Mary | Limerick | New York | June 1854 |
| Moloney | Mary | Patrickswell | New York | June 1854 |
| Moloney | Bridget | Patrickswell | New York | June 1854 |
| Mooney | Thomas | Limerick | New York | Dec 1853 |
| Moroney | Joseph | Limerick | America | April 1854 |
| Moroney | Mary | Limerick | America | April 1854 |
| Moroney | Joseph | Limerick | America | April 1854 |
| Murphy | Margt. (sister of Mary Murphy) | Not Shown | America | Sept. 1859 |
| Murphy | Mary (sister of Margt. Murphy) | Not Shown | America | Sept. 1859 |
| Murray | Thomas | Fahymore | America | July 1855 |
| Nagle | Michael | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| Nealon | John | Limerick | Quebec | 1851-1852 |
| Neville | Bridget | Limerick | New York | Nov.1856 |
| O’Brien | Mary | Limerick | Van Diemans Lnd. | Sept.1852 |
| O’Brien | Anne (accompanied girls to Quebec) | Not Indicated | Quebec | Not Shown |
| O’Brien | Patrick | Cappamore | Melbourne | June 1854 |
| O’Connor | Margt. | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| O’Connor | John | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| O’Connor | Anne | Limerick | America | 1857 |
| O’Donohue | John | Not Shown | America | May 1857 |
| O’Grady | Michael | O’Briensbridge | Quebec | July 1852 |
| O’Grady | Winnifred | O’Briensbridge | Quebec | July 1852 |
| O’Shea | Bridget | Limerick | Baltimore | Sept.1853 |
| O’Sullivan | Charlotte | Matron of the Workhouse | VanDieman’s Lnd | Sept. 1852 |
| Peguin | Mary | Limerick | Montreal | May 1858 |
| Power | James | Limerick | Boston | May 1854 |
| Punch | Cath. | Ballybricken | New York | July 1853 |
| Purcell | Cath. | Limerick | America | April 1853 |
| Purcell | Anne | Limerick | America | April 1853 |
| Purcell | Margt. | Limerick | America | April 1853 |
| Reidy | John | Limerick | Quebec | July 1857 |
| Riordan | Thos | Limerick | America | April 1851 |
| Rodgers | Ellen | Limerick | America | June 1853 |
| Russell | Mary | Limerick | America | Aug. 1858 |
| Russell | Cath., Mrs. and her 2 children | Not Shown | America | Sept. 1859 |
| Ryan | Anne | Boherbouy | New York | Dec. 1852 |
| Ryan | Margt. | Fahymore | Boston | June 1853 |
| Ryan | Hanora | Ballysimon | Quebec | July 1853 |
| Ryan | Mathew | Cappamore | New York | Aug. 1853 |
| Ryan | John | Fahymore | Boston | June 1854 |
| Ryan | Martin | Wrkhse staff | New York | July 1854 |
| Ryan | Bridget | Kilseely | Quebec | Aug.1855 |
| Ryan | James | Kilseely | Quebec | Aug.1855 |
| Ryan | Bessie (11) & Johanna (9) | – | America | April 1857 |
| Ryan | Mary & Ellen | Not Shown | America | July 1858 |
| Ryan | Eliza | Castleconne | Canada | Sept 1858 |
| Scanlan | Anne | Limerick | New York | April 1855 |
| Shanahan | Mary Anne, Mrs. (accompanied girls to Quebec) | not indicated | Quebec | (She died in Early 1861 in Chicopee, Massachusets) |
| Sheahan | James & Thos. | Castlecrine | America | Aug.1853 |
| Sheahan | Alicia | Limerick | New York | Nov.1854 |
| Shinners | Margt. & Johanna | Roxboro | New York | Aug.1857 |
| Singleton | Eliza | Limerick | Sydney | June 1853 |
| Sullivan | Margt. | Limerick | New York | July 1853 |
| Sweeney | Wm., Jos.& Margt | Limerick | Melbourne | Mar.1858 |
| Sweeney | Mary | Limerick | Melbourne | Mar.1858 |
| Sweeny | John & Michael | Limerick | Quebec | June 1856 |
| Sweeney | Eliza. & Margt. | Limerick | Quebec | June 1856 |
| Taylor | Matilda | Limerick | Sydney | Aug.1853 |
| Treacy | William | Cloontra | New Orleans | Nov.1854 |
| Vaughan | Anne | Kilseely | Boston | July 1854 |
| Wall | James | Not Shown | Melbourne | May 1853 |
| Wall | John | Limerick | New York | May 1853 |
| Wall | James | Union-at-large | Australia | April 1855 |
| Ward | Mary | Not indicated | Upper Canada | July 1855 |
| Ward | Patrick | Not indicated | Upper Canada | July 1855 |
| Ward | Michael | Not indicated | Upper Canada | July 1855 |
| Whelan | John | Glenstal | New York | June 1854 |
| Whelan | Cath. & child (12) | Glenstal | New York | July 1855 |
