P omona of Youghal 1827 – 30 and then George Brown 1839 – 44 and Charles George Fryer 1845 – 9.
Apprentice Michael Veale documented his service on the 63t St Patrick. Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.
References:
SALLY
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Cork 1837
117t; Schooner
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Brown & C
Coastal and foreign trade
1837 Michael Driscoll b.1776 (Kinsale)#7217 1838 – 40 J Brown 1840s Robert Twohig b.1809 (Kinsale)# 1841 – 3 William Edmonds b.1805 (Risca, Monmouth) 1845 Tim McCarthy b.1795 (Courtmacsherry) 1844 – 55 John Twohig b.1804 (Kinsale) 1851 John Armytage Buttrey b.1822 (Southwark, Surrey)
Mate:
1635 – 6 John Ronayne b.1816 (Cove) 1843 Nicholas Young b.1809 (Baltimore) 1850 – 4 Timothy Hart b.1817 (Clonakilty) 1837 – 8 Daniel Driscoll b.1816 (Kinsale) 1847 – 51 Daniel Twohig b.1834 (Cork)
Seaman:
Apprentice: Fate of ship:
An emigrant ship during the Famine. Arrival at St John, New Brunswick, 5 July 1847. This schooner under Captain Twohig was 43 days out from Cork with ninety-six passengers. There were seven deaths (Appendix: Emigrant ships). Sally was likely to have been one of the many fine schooners of that era that were built by the Browns of Passage West. (O’Mahoney). Captain Michael Driscoll, one of the older documented mariners in this catalogue, was born during the year that America declared independence from Britain. Captain Robert Twohig was the subsequent captain of Isabella and was likely to have been a brother to Captain John Twohig. Captain Timothy McCarthy (b.1795, Courtmacsherry) was aged 50 years in 1845, according to the BT98 Kew notes made in 2016. He was Captain of the 45t Nancy of Kinsale Jan-Jun 1845, followed by the 117t Sally , Jul-Dec 1845: he was likely to have been related to the McCarthys of Ring, Clonakilty. Captain John Twohig was closely associated with the Suttons, socially and professionally, and father of the Apprentice (future
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