THE DERRYVEAGH EVICTIONS
SURNAMES WHICH WERE ALSO FOUND ON THE ABYSSINIAN, MONTROSE, QUEEN OF THE EAST & SANDRINGHAM
Bill Spillane
The question is often asked about the plight of the Derryveagh evictees and especially those which were bought to Australia on the above three ships by the Donegal Relief Fund.
So I have summarized the surnames appearing in "The Londonderry Standard" Glenveagh April 10th 1861 when reporting on the evictions, they appear below in bold letters
and underlined.
Then I have inspected the three ships manifest to identify as near as possible the same
surnames from Donegal and most of them sponsored by the DRF. They appear below under the respective ship. Some of the handwriting is hard to decipher but I spell it as I see
it.
There does not appear to be enough known of all the given names of the evictees but only the
heads of households, which makes it almost impossible to correctly identify the correct ones.
Where a surname is in bold and underlined but no ship names appear it means that I have not
found anyone who would appear to be from the Derryveagh area of Donegal on the three ships and in this I may have missed someone.
A missing village of evictees in Australia is often quoted but I think an inspection of the
make up of the people below would cast a doubt on the likelihood of such a village being able to be set up.
If there is anyone who may be able to shed light on the likely distribution of the 244
evictees (resettled, died, workhouse, etc) I would like to hear from them.
Bill Spillane.
53 B Isaac Street, Peakhurst, NSW 2210.
May 2003.
Note: The townlands where the evictions took place were -
ALTNADAGUE
ARDATURR
BINGORMS
CASTLETOWN
CLAGGAN
DRUMNALIFFERNEY
MAGHERNASHANGAN
SRUHANGARROW
STAGHALL
WARRENTOWN
ARMSTRONG
ARMSTRONG - ABYSSINIAN
BIDDY 19 GARTON DON DRF
JOHN 27 DEREVAGH DRF
BRADLEY
BRADLEY - ABYSSINIAN
MARY 23 DONEGAL DRF
BRADY
BURKE
CONAGHAN
COYLE
COYLE - ABYSSINIAN
PEGGY 19 DONEGAL DRF
JOHN 23 DEREVAGH DRF
WILLIAM 21 GLASSER DRF
CURRAN
COLL
CALLAGHAN
CUNAGHAN - ABYSSINIAN
BIDDY18 DONEGAL DRF
PATRICK 20 LOSSETT DON DRF
DOHERTY
DOHERTY - ABYSSINIAN
MARY 22 DONEGAL DRF
BRIDGET DONEGAL DRF
DANIEL 22 GOOTSCAFUREAGH DON DRF
JAMES 16 CASTLETOWN DON DRF
JOHN 18 CASTLETOWN DON DRF
JOHN 21 KILARACLUE DON DRF
ANTHONY 22 BRIMBAY DON DRF
JAMES 30 LOSSETT DON DRF (evicted from Lossett?)
MARY 30 NEWSON DON DRF
JOHN 2 NEWSON DON DRF
BIDDY INFANT DIED ON VOYAGE
DOHERTY - MONTROSE
JAMES 20 GARTON DON
DERMOTT
McDERMOTT- ABYSSINIAN
MARY 18 DONEGAL DRF
DOOHAN
DEVENNY
FRIEL
FRIEL - ABYSSINIAN
ELLEN 18 DONEGAL DRF
JOHN 24 CASTLETOWN DON DRF
JOHN 21 CASTLETOWN DON DRF
FRIEL – QUEEN OF THE EAST
JOHN 17 CLOUGHANEELY DON. f. JAMES m.CATHERINE
GALLAGHER
GALLAGHER - ABYSSINIAN
SARAH 19 DONEGAL DRF
HANNAH 21 DONEGAL DRF
MARY 18 DONEGAL DRF
MAGY 18 DONEGAL DRF
JOHN 23 CASTLEHILL DON DRF
DENIS 20 CLUNEBARN DON DRF
JOHN 16 GROGAN DON DRF
GALLAGHER - SANDRINGHAM
ELLEN 20 CREESLOUGH, DON DRF
JAMES 23 CLONDAHORKY DON DRF
MICHAEL 24 ROGA DON DRF
MARY 21 GROGA, DON. DRF
GALLAGHER – QUEEN OF THE
EAST
JAMES 28 CLOUGHANEELY DON. F James, m. Sophy
KELLY
KELLY - ABYSSINIAN
MARY 21 OR 35 (different lists) AIRTY DON DRF
KELLY - MONTROSE
JOHN 29 CROSSLEA DON
LAWN
LAWN - ABYSSINIAN
CATHERINE 20 GARTON DRF
SUSAN 17 GARTON DRF
WILLIAM 21 STAGHALL DON DRF
JAMES 18 STAGHALL DON DRF
MOORE
M'MONAGLE
MONAGLE
M'AWARD
MCCORMICK
MCCORMACK - ABYSSINIAN
CHARLES 22 DERRYART DON DRF
O'FLANIGAN
RODDEN
SWEENEY
SWEENEY - ABYSSINIAN
NORA 19 FORNAWELL DON DRF
BIDDY 20 GARTON DON DRF
UNA 20 MURRO DON DRF
JOHN 21 CROSSROADS DON.DRF
JAMES 25 KARRA DON DRF (evicted with family from Attinadague)
JOHN 21 CHURCHILL DON DRF
MANUS 20 PANAWEE DON DRF
SWEENEY - MONTROSE
HANNAH 28 CHURCHILL DON
WARD\M'AWARD
WARD - ABYSSINIAN
CATHERINE 20 DONEGAL DRF (evicted from Ardature?)
HANNAH 18 DONEGAL DRF
PATRICK 16 DRUMNALIFFENEY DON DRF
GODFREY 35 CHURCHILL DON DRF
SUMMARY
YOUNG FEMALES 23
YOUNG MALES 27
FAMILY 3
TOTAL 53
TOTAL EVICTED 244
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