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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Corcoran (Corkery)

Native Place

Kenmare, Kerry

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Cornelius & Catherine (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write. Kenmare Union Minutes is one of 25 selected for this ship and noted from 'Union at Large'. She is shown as Mary Corkery but wrongly shown as from Killarney PLU by Dymphna McLoughlin in 'Famine Atlas' article, pp.255-264.

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