Brennan Families Traveling from Ports in the Connacht Counties of Galway, Sligo and Mayo to the Port of New York, U.S.A. in 1851 that are Documented in Ship Passenger and Port Arrival Lists

The quantity of passenger-laden ships that departed from Ports in the Connacht areas of Galway, Sligo and Mayo is low in comparison to those that departed from Liverpool but is no less significant. In the process of analyzing N.A.R.A. Passenger Lists for 1851, I have come across numerous ships originating in Ireland Ports such as Dublin, Newry, Limerick, Queenstown, Waterford, Wexford, Cork, Tralee, Westport (Mayo?), Sligo, Galway and Belfast all enroute to the Port of New York. As my focus is the Connaught Counties of Mayo and Roscommon I have decided to create a page on Brennans originating from all Connacht ports enroute to New York.

I will be creating these compilations based on my findings from viewing the actual passenger manifests and not someone else's transcriptions unless otherwise noted. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress! These compilations will be added to over time as I uncover new resources (online, books etc) with new data. In addition to ancestry.com's wonderful database on New York Passenger Lists, Family Search has an amazing on line database of images from New York Passenger Lists 1820-1897.

It is my objective to not only find my second great grandparents Martin Brennan and Catherine Corcoran but to help me identify other Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee, and Gahagan families that may have immigrated from Mayo or Roscommon to Liverpool and on to New York in the Passenger and Port lists so that I might be able to link them with Mayo and Roscommon Church records, English Census Records and U.S. Census Records. I welcome feedback and collaboration with other Genealogists researching their Brennan/Corcoran/Coffee and Gahagan roots to link these families together and find our shared ancestry!

These Records will be presented first by month of arrival, alphabetically by ship name and then the "clusters" of Brennans that appear to have traveled together will be presented in the order in which they appear on the manifest for each family (and alphabetically by the first members given name if there is more than one family). If you think you see your family in this compilation, make a point to secure the original record from available sources such as ancestry.com to make your own assessment because they may be traveling with friends that I have not included in this compilation that may open up your whole tree!

Ship and Arrival Date in Port of New York Brennan and origins if given Other Brennans that appear to be traveling with them Age Occupation Misc. Info like Destination Database, Book, Resource
Brg Caroline; arrival July 9, 1851 Brennan, Catharine of Ireland   25 Servant U.S. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 101 familysearch.org
Ship M Howes from Galway; arrival September 2, 1851 Brennan, Honor of Ireland   10   U.S. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 104 familysearch.org
"   Brennan, Mary of Ireland 3   " "
Bk Irvine from Galway; arrival September 18, 1851 Branne, Mary of Ireland   17 Servant U.S. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org
Bk Dromahain from Sligo; arrival October 15, 1851 Branan, Patt of Great Britain   21   U.S. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 106 familysearch.org
Bk Dromahain from Sligo; arrival October 15, 1851 Brennan, Mary of Great Britain   26   America New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 106 familysearch.org
"   Brennan, Ann of Great Britain 16   America "
Bk Dromahain from SLigo; arrival October 15, 1851 Brennen, Bridget of Great Britain   30   U.S. New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 106 familysearch.org