Workhouse Dead

“They had a silent death, completely unremarked upon.”

The following is list of people who died in the Dungannon Workhouse between 12 August 1842 and 24 March 1847. This short sample contains the names of 189 people who died in that period, although there is a gap in the records from September 1845 to March 1847, when it is likely that many people died within the workhouse. Of these some 34 people were from Dungannon; 22 from Tullyniskin; 18 from Donaghmore; 18 from Drumaspil , while 14 were from the ‘Union at large’, meaning that they had no defined area or it could not be ascertained. Of this sample the average age of those who died was 40.6 years, but such a figure is misleading in trying to fully understand who used the workhouse during the 1840s when Famine gripped the land. There were a number of occasions within this period (1842-1847) when the number of deaths rose dramatically including during March 1847 when over 34 people died.

The first to die in the workhouse was Francis Corrigan in August 1842 who was described as being from ‘the union at large’. The youngest was James Leonard of Dunagnnon who died in March 1844 and only survived a day, while the oldest was Anne Boyle aged 91 from Tullyniskin who died in October 1844. In total, sixteen children under the age of one died in the workhouse during this period, while 63 were over the age of sixty and of that five were ninety plus.

The admission dates of people who died in the Dungannon Workhouse in later decades, for example, suggest that many people simply entered the workhouse for treatment in the infirmary or to die, assured of a place of burial.

The full details of the Dungannon workhouse dead is available at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast. A companion series listing births in the workhouse is also available in the PRONI.

[Note: Some names were illegible on the original transcript. If you notice a mistake, do get in contact and we will amend].

Date of Death

Name

Age

Electoral Division

12/8/1842

Francis Corrigan

40

Union at Large

18/9/1842

William McGladigan

35

Donaghmore

29/9/1842

Bridget McConory

54

Mountjoy

18/10/1842

Mary Fox

57

Dungannon

27/11/1842

Jane Hamill

35

Clonaneese

15/12/1842

Rose McDonald

40

 Derrygortrery

16/12/1842

Ann Quinn

67

Clonaneese

18/12/1842

Ann Campbell

67

Meenagh

28/12/1842

Mary Campbell

75

Benburb

18/1/1843

Elizabeth Simpson

45

Tullyniskin

19/1/1843

John Shield

6 months

Castlecaulfield

30/1/1843

Bridget Cavanagh

49

Dungannon

7/2/1843

Francis Hobson

45

Moy

10/2/1843

Elizabeth O’Neill

13

Castlecaulfield

11/2/1843

Jane Hartley

45

Dungannon

23/2/1843

Patrick McCrealey

76

Tullyniskin

24/2/1843

Robert Fleming

30

Donaghmore

24/2/1843

Margaret McDonald

4

 Derrygortrery

28/2/1843

Margaret Cooke

80

Clonaneese

5/3/1843

Richard Wilson

22

Dungannon

14/3/1843

Anne Smith

6 months

Dungannon

14/3/1843

Patrick Mullan

65

Ballymagran

21/3/1843

Aeneas McDonald

70

Clonamady

1/4/1843

Ellen Donnelly

31

Crossdermot

1/4/1843

Mary Muldoon

72

Dungannon

4/4/1843

Isabella Ryan

53

Donaghmore

16/4/1843

James Donaghey

6 months

Donaghmore

28/4/1843

Matthew Nugent

84

Donaghmore

28/4/1843

Mary Reilly

88

Moy

30/4/1843

John Farnon

4

Moy

30/4/1843

Mary Quinn

90

Meenagh

13/5/1843

Terence McDonnell

63

Dungannon

14/5/1843

James Agnew

55

Donaghmore

24/5/1843

Archibald Smythe

81

 Derrygortrery

5/6/1843

Matthew Evans

33

Dungannon

15/6/1843

Jane Allen

41

Drumaspil

15/6/1843

Isabella Cunningham

15

Dungannon

30/6/1843

Sarah McCooey

82

Tullyniskin

8/7/1843

Bridget McHugh

55

Castlecaulfield

11/7/1843

Eugene Campbell

45

Union at Large

12/7/1843

John Reilly

55

Moy

19/7/1843

Alice Constable

62

Dungannon

22/7/1843

Theressie Moynagh

2

Meenagh

5/8/1843

Jane Gibson

50

Union at Large

13/8/1843

Josiah Fullerton

6 months

???

27/8/1843

James O’Donnell

60

Bearagh

16/9/1843

Catherine Corrigan

40

Donaghmore

16/9/1843

Catherine Corrigan

3 months

Donaghmore

31/10/1843

William McMenemy

78

 Derrygortrery

24/11/1843

Patrick Finnegan

43

Benburb

3/12/1843

Isabella McClean

30

Castlecaulfield

6/12/1843

Mary Malone

40

Tullyniskin

7/12/1843

Mary Murtagh

85

Meenagh

29/12/1843

James Gallagher

6 months

Moy

31/12/1843

Philip Fiane

60

Dungannon

1/1/1844

Mary Donaghey

6 months

Donaghmore

10/1/1844

John McCleanor

47

Dungannon

14/1/1844

Rose Tammey

84

Benburb

25/1/1844

James  ???

48

Dungannon

26/1/1844

Mary Mullcass

6 months

Donaghmore

8/2/1844

Samuel Johnson

1

Castlecaulfield

13/2/1844

Rose Kelly

71

Benburb

21/2/1844

Mary McMahon

9

Tullyniskin

22/2/1844

Anne Reille

6 months

Union at Large

23/2/1844

Catherine Davison

6 months

Donaghmore

28/2/1844

Jane Sherry

9 months

Tullyniskin

6/3/1844

Ebenezer Diliveoritte?

5

Dungannon

6/3/1844

Margaret McMahon

7

Tullyniskin

8/3/1844

Letitia Morrow

9

Dungannon

8/3/1844

Harriet Barry

1

Tullyniskin

8/3/1844

James Rafferty

6 months

Mountjoy

11/3/1844

John O’Neill

1.5

Bearagh

18/3/1844

David Morrow

1.5

Dungannon

19/3/1844

Jane Dickinson

70

Benburb

19/3/1844

Judith McCall

80

Meenagh

20/3/1844

William Taylor

4

Brantry

30/3/1844

Robert Cotton

5

Castlecaulfield

30/3/1844

James Leonard

1 day

Dungannon

5/4/1844

William McCoy

18

Ballymagran

7/4/1844

Alice Donnelly

2

Crossdermot

10/4/1844

Sarah Campbell

87

Tullyniskin

12/4/1844

Mary O’Neill

15

Bearagh

14/4/1844

Felix O’Hare

84

Dungannon

16/4/1844

Eleanor Evans

27

Dungannon

20/4/1844

Mary McVeigh

63

Drumaspil

22/4/1844

Jane Maxwell

86

Mountjoy

23/4/1844

Isabella Brown

90

Dungannon

27/4/1844

William Mallangte (?)

5

Drumaspil

28/4/1844

Hamilton Thompson

53

Clonaneese

10/5/1844

Daniel Kirland

32

Dungannon

10/5/1844

Patrick Sally

2

Dungannon

11/5/1844

Annabella Beggs

9

Derrygortrery

13/5/1844

Sarah Quinn

30

Donaghmore

20/5/1844

Michael McCrory

4

Crossdermot

22/5/1844

Matilda ?lesinson

8.5

Union at Large

28/5/1844

William Marshall

88

Drumaspil

28/5/1844

Ann Coalman

90

Moy

29/5/1844

Charles Reilly

3

Moy

1/6/1844

Anne McMenemy

13

Moy

14/6/1844

John Slean

81

Drumaspil

14/6/1844

John Neill

1

Tullyniskin

16/6/1844

Lucinda McElhenny

1

Donaghmore

30/6/1844

James McDonald

70

Donaghmore

1/7/1844

Rose Quinn

82

Minterburn

5/7/1844

Elizabeth Taggart

7

Clonaneese

8/7/1844

John McCalpin

Drumaspil

30/8/1844

Mary Neill

11 months

Tullyniskin

20/9/1844

Mary Timinussy (?)

40

Mountjoy

1/10/1844

Mary McGrogan

1.5

Union at Large

27/10/1844

Michael Deseline (?)

84

Bearagh

29/10/1844

Anne Boyle

91

Tullyniskin

9/11/1844

Mary Loughran

82

Dungannon

15/12/1844

Rebecca Thompson

7

Clonaneese

22/12/1844

Eleanor MaCourt

70

Donaghmore

25/12/1844

Jane Murphy

80

Moy

31/12/1844

John McClare

18

Drumaspil

10/1/1845

James Loughran

88

Dungannon

25/1/1845

Henry Arnold

1

Dungannon

28/1/1845

Elizabeth Moffitt

18

Dungannon

31/1/1845

?? Mallon

70

Dungannon

3/2/1845

Christopher ??

78

Drumaspil

5/2/1845

John Alenson (??)

51

Clonaneese

14/2/1845

James Skelton

45

Tullyniskin

19/2/1845

James Hughes

33

Drumaspil

21/2/1845

Jane Duff

80

Moy

26/2/1845

William George Simpson

2.5

Tullyniskin

10/3/1845

Patrick McCardle

78

Benburb

14/3/1845

Thomas Mullan

7

Dungannon

24/3/1845

Margaret Donaghy

67

Mountjoy

26/3/1845

Patrick Donnelly

83

Clonamady

26/3/1845

Margaret Simpson

6 months

Tullyniskin

30/3/1845

Robert Riddale

70

Ballymagran

1/4/1845

James Hogg

63

Derrygortrery

5/4/1845

Anne Hare

87

Dungannon

7/4/1845

Anne McClean

1.5

Castlecaulfield

8/4/1845

James Cunningham

7.5

Union at Large

14/4/1845

Sarah Murphy

25

Bearagh

16/4/1845

Anne Donnelly

8

Union at Large

23/4/1845

John Cunningham

90

Union at Large

25/4/1845

Margaret Farry

53

Tullyniskin

19/5/1845

Robert Kerr

8

Clonamady

26/5/1845

Henry Mallon

5

Moy

31/5/1845

Samuel Campbell

9

Meenagh

4/6/1845

Mary McGloy

8

Mountjoy

9/6/1845

John McCole?

17

Tullyniskin

10/6/1845

Richard Ludlow

75

Bearagh

23/7/1845

Elizabeth Deseline (?)

55

Dungannon

27/7/1845

Robert Glackin

80

Drumaspil

6/8/1845

Martha Roy

60

Donaghmore

8/8/1845

Sarah Mallon

25

Union at Large

16/8/1845

Margaret Corr

80

Tullyniskin

22/8/1845

Thomas Graydon

86

Tullyniskin

16/9/1845

Mary Rodgers

70

Union at Large

17/9/1845

Anne Quinn

70

Dungannon

27/9/1845

Elizabeth Dawson

35

Donaghmore

12/3/1847

Pat Fox

88

Moy

12/3/1847

James Magurk

8 months

Union at Large

13/3/1847

William Blevings

2

Drumaspil

13/3/1847

John Dawley

70

Union at Large

13/3/1847

Rose Donnelly

80

Dungannon

13/3/1847

Sarah Jane Williamson

1.9

Drumaspil

14/3/1847

Thomas Dickson

5

Ballymagran

14/3/1847

Mary Smith

60

Castlecaulfield

14/3/1847

Andrew Williamson

1.9

Benburb

15/3/1847

Mary Anne Hagan

1.5

Drumaspil

16/3/1847

Mary Anne McLeay (?)

1

Mountjoy

16/3/1847

Michael Kelly

6

Clonaneese

16/3/1847

Hugh Woods

1

Dungannon

16/3/1847

David ??

1.5

Drumaspil

16/3/1847

Agnes Stephenson

4

Tullyniskin

18/3/1847

? McMoore

6.5

Drumaspil

18/3/1847

John Masera (?)

7

Clonamady

18/3/1847

Margaret Donnelly

1

Benburb

18/3/1847

Mary McQuade

40

Drumaspil

18/3/1847

Neil Campbell

21

Mountjoy

18/3/1847

Mary Kennedy

25

Union at Large

18/3/1847

Henry Clements

49

Bearagh

18/3/1847

John McKnight

60

Brantry

22/3/1847

Mary O’Neill

1

Brantry

22/3/1847

Michael Hughes

9

Tullyniskin

22/3/1847

Terence Dogherty

70

Tullyniskin

22/3/1847

Mary Jennings

6

Drumaspil

22/3/1847

Isabella Black

15

Benburb

22/3/1847

Elizabeth Kennedy

8

Bearagh

22/3/1847

Bridget Nulty

60

Dungannon

22/3/1847

Elizabeth Frazer

10

Drumaspil

24/3/1847

Anne McQuade

1.5

Derrygortrery

24/3/1847

John Galloway

8

Donaghmore

24/3/1847

?? ??

7

Ballymagran