Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The remains of the 55 Irish immigrants were discovered during an excavation in 2021 at Kingston Health Science Centre (KHSC) and 52 of these individuals were laid to rest within the consecrated ground of St. Mary Cemetery at the end of June with the Rite of Christian Burial performed at that time. The Holy Mass of Christian Burial for the remains of all Irish immigrants will take place on August 7 at 2:00 pm at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in the presence of the remaining three individuals (one man, one woman, and one child). Their interment will occur at St. Mary Cemetery following Holy Mass at approximately 3:15 pm. All are welcome to attend on August 7 where our prayers will join together in remembrance of these 55 individuals and all who perished and were buried in haste at this time of great suffering and hardship.
Evidence collected by the archeology research team overseeing the deposition of the KHSC site indicates that these individuals were likely among the more than 1400 Irish immigrants who perished due to typhus or other illnesses upon arrival to the Kingston area. Burial records from this time indicate that over 800 individuals were likely buried on the grounds of KHSC. The remains of those previously recovered from this site were interred in 1966. Since it is impossible to confirm the identities of the 55 recently recovered individuals, the names of all listed in the 1847 death registry from St. Mary who were presumed to be buried on the grounds of KHSC will be posted at the Church on August 7^th. This list of names and a copy of the interments recorded at St. Mary parish, Kingston in 1847 can be found here.
Further information on the circumstances surrounding the emigration of thousands of Irish settlers through the Port of Kingston in 1847/1848 and the efforts of the sisters of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph, the clergy, and the local community to minister to their needs is described in the article, Les Religieuses Hospitalières de Saint Joseph and the Typhus Epidemic, Kingston, 1847 – 1848, written by Nancy McMahon, National Archives of Canada. (link) Additionally, a copy of a presentation prepared by Archeologist, Dr. Katie Hull, on Kingston’s 1847 Typhus Mass Grave is shared here with the permission of Dr. Hull and the ASI research team.
I want to thank all who have worked with such care to honour the dignity of these individuals in their time of suffering and eternal rest. Please keep the souls of these immigrants, the welfare of all displaced peoples, and the holy souls in purgatory in your daily prayers.

With prayerful best wishes, I remain,

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Michael Mulhall
+Archbishop of Kingston

Letter from Chair of Irish Bishops Conference, Council for Emigrants 
(26 July, 2024)

Typhus Epidemic in Kingston in Context

by Dr. Katherine Hull, shared with permission.

Les Religieuses Hospitalières de Saint Joseph
and the Typhus Epidemic of 1847/1848

by Nancy McMahon, National Archives of Canada.
 

Image of Original 1847 Internment Records of
The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception

1847

August 1
William Rowe (Co. Wexford)  
Anne Flanagan  
Catharine Flanagan
Mary Keough 
Denis Sullivan
2 Adults, 2 Children
3 Adults, 1 Child

August 2
Patrick Quinn  
Mary Tool 
Ann Keough
Andrew McMahon
Mary McGeehan
Name Unknown
Timothy O’Donnell 
6 Adults, 4 Children 

August 3
Patrick Bolan  
Peter Carrol  
Michael Brantsfield (Co. Cork)
Hugh Grogan  (Co. Monaghan)
Honora Kelly  
Timothy Mahony (Co. Cork)
6 Adults, 3 Children

August 4
James Reily (Co. Longford)
Thomas Cotters  
Sally Donahy  
Catherine Loughlan Jeremiah Sullivan
Terence Kane
2 Children
Name Unknown 
6 Adults, 3 Children

August 5
Mary Gavins (Co. Mayo)
Johanna McCarty
James Sheehy (Co. Cork)
Johanna King (Co. Cork)  
James Manning
James Nowlan
Philip Bolger
Patrick McNavy
Daniel Durgoin 
10 Adults
A Child

August 6
Patrick Mulcahy (Tipperary)  
Patrick O’Dowed
Honora Sullivan  
Anne Burne (Co. Roscommon)
Judith Carroll  
Daniel Daley  
Susan Higgins  
Ann Quigley  
Minny McGuire  
Nelly Ruddy 
6 Adults, 4 Children
—Cavanagh
2 Children

August 7
Edward Bourke  
William Grogan (Co. Monaghan)  
Michael Lillis  
Martin Gavin (Co. Mayo)  
Laurence Mulroy
Patrick Feeny (Co. Sligo)  
Ellen Crennan  
Mathew —
Maurice Nagle  
Catharine Ruddy 
Charles McDonnell
10 Adults, 2 Children

August 8
Ann Cassidy
Catharine Casey
Mary Downey
Redmond Donnell (Co. Tipperary)
Winny McGann
Mary Mahar (Co. Cork)
Jerry Sullivan
Elizabeth Jenkins (Co. Wicklow)
Ann McGee 
8 Adults, 5 Children

August 9
Margaret Ring (Co. Cork)  
Catharine Fleming (Co. Kilkenny) 
John Minahan (Co. Cork)  
Ann McGinnis/ McManus
Catharine Duann 
Nelly McCann  
Catharine Sheehan 
Mary Mahony  
6 Adults, 2 Children
Patrick Tully
3 Adults, 2 Children

August 10
Patrick Walsh  
John / Patt Sheridan  
William Rafter (Co. Mayo)  
John Gibbons  
Mary Brennan  
Hugh McGlone  
Owen Prior 
John Murphy  
Thomas Tulligan / Bourke
Rose Connors  
Woman – name unknown 
Mary Kilfoyle
2 Children
13 Adults, 3 Children
A Child

August 11
Thomas Mulvany (Co. Monahan) 
John Quinn (Co. Mayo) 
Susan McCarry (Co. Cavan) 
Mary Sullivan (Co. Cork)
Ann Cahill 
Hannah Horrigan / Lagden (Co. Sligo)
John Clarke (Co. Cavan)
Ellen Dunnan 
Martin Gavin 
William Cotter 
Elizabeth Keary
Francis Casey
8 Adults, 2 Children
James McGurk
3 Children
4 Adults, 3 Children

August 12
Mary Gavin 
Catharine Hennessy (Co. Carlow)  
Mary Kilty 
Ellen Burke 
Ann Gregory (Co. Longford)  
Edward Humphries / McAndrews
Judith Calaghan (Co. Cork)  
Martin Gilmartin (Co. Kerry)
Patrick Clark (Co. Cavan)
William Stewart 
Mary Higgins 
Andrew Donahy 
10 Adults, 2 Children

August 13
Patrick Duann  
Daniel Hennessy (Co. Carlow)
Bridget Ruddy  
Mary Jordan (Co. Mayo)  
Margaret Mulroy 
Bridget Gallagher 
6 Adults, 3 Children

August 14
Martin Clifford 
Edward Ward 
Bridget Evans 
Catharine Dunigan 
John Lalor 
Patrick Casey (King’s Co.) 
John Keily
3 Children 
5 Adults, 5 Children
2 Adults, 2 Children

August 15
Patrick McIntire  
Catharine McGrath 
Anthony Christy  
Thomas Crossin  
Mary Fuge (Co. Cork)
Mary Moran  
Patrick Carey (Co. Tipperary)  
Bridget Green 
Mary Ruddy 
Hugh Ruddy 
Thomas Cotter 
Patt Mahony 
Ann Jenkins 
2 Children 
9 Adults, 6 Children

August 16
Catharine Murry/Shane
Mary Degan  
Margaret McCew (Co. Armagh)
Ellen Lalor 
James Banks (Co. Roscommon)  
Michael Casey (King’s Co)  
Mary Grady  
A Child
6 Adults, 2 Children
3 Adults, 4 Children

August 17
Timothy O’Hara (Co. Galway)
John Farrell 
Daniel Woods/Ward (Co. Cork)
Mary Sheehan 
Patrick Burke (Co. Cork)
Patt — 
Ann Ruddy
2 Children 
5 Adults, 4 Children
5 Children

August 18
Brien Mullen  
Mary Brien 
James Ruddy  
John Burk (Co. Mayo)
John Ahern 
Rose McGuiggin 
Catharine Doyle 
6 Adults, 1 Child
2 Adults

August 19
John Slattery (Co. Clare)  
Mary Sweeny  
Catharine Fudge/Fidge (Co. Cork)
Mary Martin  
Brien/Barney McCaffry
Thomas McAndrews  
Francis McMonigal (Co. Donegal)
Catharine Casey (King’s Co.) 
John Walsh 
Margaret Barry 
1 Child 
7 Adults, 4 Children
Mary Connolly
John Roach
Michael Clancy
3 Adults

August 20
Michael Ryan (Co. Cork)
Joseph Reily 
James McDonell 
Patrick Campbell (Co. Wicklow)
Philip Leehan 
Mary Sheridan 
Mary Layden 
Margaret Casey (King’s Co.)
James McQuaid 
9 Adults, 1 Child
Ellen Brown
2 Adults, 2 Children

August 21
James Delany
Garret Cotters (Co. Cork)
John Gorden (Co. Mayo)
Peter Burns (Co. Wicklow)
James Tool (Co. Wexford)
Mathew Tool (Co. Wexford)
Mary Dunnan
Mary Fitzgerald
Patt McCann  
Keaty Children 

August 22
Richard Donnell (Co. Tipperary)
Patrick Fox 
Edward Little (Co. Leitrim)
Timothy Bryan  
Bridget Farrell  
Patt McAvoy  
Bridget Bolger
Bridget Molloy
Children  

August 23
Owen Ruddy 
John Walsh 
James Gribben  
Ellen Conway (Barret) Mathew Hurley 
Michael Egan 
Anne Dowlin 
Martin May 
Robert Menally 

August 24
Michael Moore
John Costolo
Patt Goldrick
Stephen Clarke
Ann Butler 

August 25
Martin Ryan  
John McDermot  
James Madden  
Bridget Kearney  
Bridget Howard Catharine Hannigan Elizabeth Menally 
Mrs. Flanagan 
Bridget  McGlone
William Delany
Jeremiah Horrigan 
Dan Callaghan 
1 small child 

August 26
John Dunn 
Alexander Durrough Bridget O’Neil (Mullen) John Mahony, child Catharine Horrigan, child 
John McCarty
A Child

August 27
William Hogan
Daniel Foley  
Catharine Donnelly
Mary Cashen  
Mary Morrison (Co. Ballina)  
Nancy  Nicholson Thomas Conway
John Nowlan 
2 Children

August 28
Fanny White (Co. Tipperary)
Patrick Flinn 
Mary Nowlan 
Mary Conway 

August 29
John Ruddy (Co. Mayo)
Ann Rafter 
Catharine McIntire (Co. Donegal) 
Julia MacDonnell 
Thomas Prendergast (Co. Mayo, Claremoris)
William Foy 
James White (Co. Tipperary)
Denis Mullally (Co. Tipperary)
Ann Howly 
Patt Burn, child 
2 Children 

August 30
John Hannon (Co. Clare)
Michael Foley (Co. Sligo)  
William McClusky (Co. Clare)
Patt Kelly 
Patt Houghy  
Mary Hogan (Co. Tipperary)
John Cryan

August 31
Patrick Noon (Co. Roscommon)  
Philip Green  (Co. Meath)
John Prendergast (Co. Mayo)
James Keough  
Mary Meighan (Co. Fermanagh)  
Abbey Casey 

September 1 
Judith Mahar (Co. Wexford)  
Michael Walsh (Co. Wicklow)
Thomas Saucebery 
Mary Williams (Co. Cork)
Ann Walker-Hannigan (Co. Wicklow)
Ann Keyes (Co. Galway) 
Catharine Smith (Co. Meath)
Ellen Banks, child 
Dan Breen/ Brian, child 

September 2
Michael Mullaly (Co. Sligo)
Ellen Cotters (Co. Cork)
Catharine Foy  
Bridget McGlaney
Ellen Boyle
Soldier’s Child  
Emigrant child 

September 3
4 Children
James Hart 
Mary Cassidy  
Bridget Williams (Co. Cork)
Phaebe Connolly (Co. Roscommon)
Christopher Ratigan
Ann Casey 
Mary Prenetergast 

September 4
Michael Ryan (Co. Tipperary)
John Walsh (Co. Mayo)
Daniel Monaghan (Co. Monaghan)
Martin Green 
Margaret Duggan (Co. Longford)
William McCauly 
Mary Martin
A Child
Hugh McCaffrey
Female (name unknown)

September 5
Ann Joice (Co. Kilkenny)
Dominic Connelly 

September 6
Maurice Freil (Co. Sligo)
John Grady (Co. Cork)
Brien McAndrews (Co. Sligo)
Ann Darragh (Co. Antrim)
2 Children

September 7
James Meighan  (Co. Monaghan)
John McArdle (Co. Monaghan)
Margaret Dorgan Charles Brien, child
Mary Murphy, child Mathew Brien, child John Garvin, child

September 8
Michael Costolo (Co. Galway)
Michael McMahon (Co. Clare)
John Summers  (Co. Wicklow)
Henry Kelly (Co. Sligo)
Mary Judge (Co. Sligo)
Ann Rourke (Co. Leitrim)
Bridget King/Ring (Co. Cork)  
2 People
A Child  

September 9
Thomas Mullen  
Ann Cummings (Co. Carlow)
Laurence Cummings (Co. Carlow)
Catharine Donoghue (Co. Tipperary)
Mary Hacket (Co. Tyrone)  
Woman (name unknown)
Johanna Hogan  Elizabeth Dunnen 

September 10
Richard Butler (Co. Tipperary)
Bridget (Judge) Quigley (Co. Sligo)
Maid Darragh (Co. Antrim)
Mary Brantsfield Margaret Gormon (Co. Tipperary)
Timothy Doody, orphan Patt Donohue, child
2 Children

September 11
Bridget Munson/ McGarry (Co. Leitrem)
Margaret Bourke 
John  Bolger (Co. Wexford) 
Tady Grady (Co. Tipperary)
James Dooher (Co. Mayo)  
James Davis (Queen’s Co.)
Thomas McMahon
2 Children 

September 12
Ellen Quinlan

September 13
Martin O’Brien (Co. Limerick)  
James Deffly (Co. Roscommon)  
James Hennessy
Rose/ Mary Kelly (Co. Sligo)
Patt Dooly, child
James Grady, child William Breen, child Ellen Disson 
2 Children

September 14
A Child
 
September 15
Bernard Moony (Co. Antrim)  
Miles Morne (Co. Monaghan)
Stephen Clarke (Co. Mayo)
2 Children 

September 16
John Donaghy  
John Foy, child  
Joseph Grady, child
— Walsh child 

September 17
Edward Coyne (Co. Roscommon) 
Owen Corrigan  (Co. Monaghan)
John Hughes  
Ann Tivinin (Co. Roscommon)
Mary Fling
Margaret Cummings (Co. Longford)
Mary Cummings (Co. Longford)
Mary Davis (Queen’s Co.)
Mary Tracy, child 
A Child

September 18
John Rogers (Co. Armagh)
John Shannon/ Shanly Bridget Evans (Co. Wicklow)
Ann Mulcahy (Co. Tipperary)
Catharine Layden (Co. Sligo)
Daniel Davis (Queen’s Co.)
A Child

September 19 
John/ James Donavan (Co. Cork)
Ellen McDermot (Co. Mayo)
Margaret McAvoy (Co. Down)

September 20
John Sullivan (Co. Cork)
Bridget Ryan 
A Child

September 21
Elizabeth Reily
John Leehan (Co. Cork)
Margaret Hanly (Co. Leitrem)
Ann McSherry  
Patt McGormon , child Winny Higgins, child John Ryan, child 
3 Children

September 22
John Layen (Co. Sligo)
Mathew Balden  (Co. Waterford)
David Barry 
Alice McQuaid

September 23
Mary Foley (Co. Sligo)
Patt Mulloy 
3 Children 
2 Children

September 24
Timothy Mullens
William Daugherty (Co. Clare)
Thomas McElhany (Co. Donegal)
Freil, John 
Winny Nogle
Gafney, child 

September 25
John Melville 
Patrick Finlay (Co. Monaghan)
Cornelius Ryan 
Hugh Kilroy (Co. Roscommon)

September 26
Bridget Garrigan (Co. Cavan)
Patrick Kelly  (Co. Sligo)
Mary Menally  (Co. Antrim)
John Sheehy
Johanna Furlong (Co. Wexford)

September 27
Bridget Campbell (Co. Leitrem)
Patrick Nicholson Timothy Grady 
A Child

September 28
Sara McGlone 
James Keating 
John Coyle 
2 Children

September 29
Alice Regan-Quirk (Co. Tipperary)
William Kelly  
Michael McGan  

September 30
John Nugent (Co. Dublin)
Mary Dalton (Co. Dublin)
Edward Dwyire/ Dwyer
William Cassidy 
Tady Nevils 

October 1 
Hannah Frawly (Co. Clare)
Ellen Molloy 
Ellen McQuaid 
A Child

October 3
Honora Lyons  
Cornelius Connolly (Co. Cork)
Peter Bolan
Margaret McElhany (Co. Donegal)
Sara Coffee 

October 4
John Flinn 
Sara Hannigan (Co. Mayo)
Patt Quirk
Ann O’Hara
Ann Furlong
A Child 

October 5
Catharine Enright (Co. Kerry)
Ellen McAvoy (Co. Down)
Mary Rogan
Thomas Moriarty
Mary Quirk

October 6
Thomas Melia (Co. Mayo)

October 7
Francis McLoughlan (Co. Cavan)
Edward Kehoe  (Co.Wicklow)
Patrick McQuaid (Co. Fermanagh)
Patrick Keegan (Co.Wicklow)
Michael —, child
Bridget —, child
A Child

October 8
Honora Hacket (Co. Tipperary)

October 9
Owen Bradly  
Thomas Keegan (Co. Wicklow)  

October 10
Thomas Cronnin (Co. Kilkenny)
Martin Kehoe  (Co. Wicklow)
Peter Belton
Henry Dunn  
2 Children

October 11
Thomas McClusky Michael Moran (Co. Roscommon)
John Bath (Co. Limerick)
Ann Kelly 

October 13
Margaret Clarke
Barney Clarke  
Denis Quinn  
Sabina Nicholson
Patrick Curry  
Name Unknown
William Dempsy, child 

October 14
Catherine Connolly (Co. Cork)
Timothy Leary (Co. Kerry)
Maurice Connors (Co. Kerry)
Bridget McHall, child

October 15
Robert Stanson (Co. Limerick)

October 16
Catharine Fling  
Mary Scully 
Michael Keegan 

October 17
Catharine Baines
Mary Jordan, a child 

October 18
Thomas Menally Jeremiah O’Brien Michael McDonell Mary Mulry, a child Mary McCormick, a child Mary no entry, a child 

October 19
John Hogg
Patt Burn, a child
James Tracy, a child
Catherine McDonell

October 20
Thomas Cotters  
Patrick Noonan  
James Kehoe 

October 21
Patrick Kennedy
John Dempsy

October 23  
Catharine Melia
Margaret Cassidy
Mary Long 

October 25
Alice Dempsy  
Ann McGuriarty  
Bridget Madigan
John Lynagh  
Mary Eliza Grenan
Ann Hennessy
Ann Higgins, child Thomas Dalton, child Edward McArdle, child Peter McGiviran, child

October 26 
John Walsh 
John McIntire 
John Quigly, child
Mary Keough, child

October 27
James Moran  
Mary Dolan, child 
No entry-Dempsy, child 

October 28
Martin Phelan
Michael Smuller

October 29
Francis McCourt
Mary Kirivan
Alice Dempsy, child

October 31
Ellen Mahony
 

November 1
Martin McNamara 
Honora Kelly  
Margaret Muggin 
Michael Dunn  
Eliza Hoy, a child 
Jerry Sullivan, a child 

November 2
Catharine Tracy, widow

November 3
Michael Grady, a child  Bartholomy Wosser James Keating, a child Anthony Dempsy, a child
Thomas Hoy, a child 

November 4
William Buckley
John Holden, a child

November 5
Cornelius Hunt
Michael Sheridan 
Thomas Keating

November 7
Catharine Foley
Michael Burns

November 8
Dominic Gillon
A small child

November 9
Patrick Murry, 50
Patrick Murry, 20

November 10
Patrick O’Donnell
Peter Kehoe
Thomas Gaffney (Gaffrey)
James Lyons, child

November 11
John Clarke
Mary Fitzgerald  
Moris Hunt, child 
Mary McQuaid, child  
John Cunningham, child

November 12
Patrick Cassidy 
Mary Griffin 
Bridget Burns, child
John Gaffney 

November 13
Mary Lynach
Mary Lynah, child

November 14 
Thomas Navin 

November 16
Brian Gannon

November 18 
Dominic OR Daniel Murphy
Ellen Wemys  
Michael Evans, child 

November 19
Catharine Mulcahy
James Murphy
John O’Donnell, child

November 20
Margaret Devereux (Devereun)- Gribbon

November 21
Margaret  Burke
Johanna Finn 

November 22
Rose Rooney  
William Lynach, child 

November 23
Bridget Hagerty 
Martin Mullaly 
 

December 1
John Lynagh

December 2
John Lalon 
Margaret or Mary McDermot 

December 3
Patrick Foley
Timothy Crowly

December 4
Ann or Honora Murry

December 5
Mary Grady  
Nancy Lillis OR Lilly, orphan Thomas Hare OR O’Hara, child

December 7
James Kairnes 
Dominic Kilmartin, child 

December 8
Catharine Kelly

December 9 
James Gennings

December 10
Alice Coyle

December 12
Mary Flinn, Murray (Murrory) William Hogan 

December 13
William Keegan or Fegan, child

December 14
John McManamin

December 15
1 Child

December 17
Margaret Cotters

December 18
Mary Foley

December 20
Owen Coughlan

December 21
Jane McFaggy

December 22
Patt Hagerty, child

December 23
Hugh Langan
Mary Ann Calaghan, child

December 24
Alexander Cummings Jr. 

December 25 
Dominic Kilmartin
Michael Downes
Patrick Mahon
Margaret McDonell, child

December 27 
Bridget Coyle

December 28
John Sharky
Eliza Coyle
Mary Bresneen

December 29
John Larrisy
John Fox

December 30
Thomas Lynagh
Martin Gavin
John Ryan
 

January 2
Margaret Mullaly

January 4
Thomas Conroy

January 10 
Patt Finnegan, child

January 14
Catharine Murphy
Thomas Ryan, child

January 15
Mathew Coyle
Adam Blake
James Davis
Mathew Ryan, child

January 17
Mathew Bryan
Edward Kennedy

January 21
Archibald Black

January 22
Mary Lynagh

January 26
Catharine Smith

January 27
Judith Lynagh

January 28
Catharine Ryan, orphan child

February 2
Patt Mullaly, child

February 4
Andrew Baily

February 6
Daniel Murphy

February 9
Denis Finnigan

February 16
John Connolly

February 21
James Noble

February 27
Mary Daugherty

March 5 
Laurence Hennessy

March 6
Daniel Murry

March 16
Bryan Sheeran, discharged soldier

March 23
Mary Molloy

April 23
Brien Loughlan

May 7
James Cosgrave

June 1
Ann Murry, child

June 6
Hanonen (child of Mrs. Hanonen)