Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below.
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ship Emerald Isle, 537 tons, Captain G. Pellatt, from Plymouth 11th October 1853, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 16th January 1854

South Australian Register Tuesday 17th January 1854

Monday January 16th, the ship Emerald Isle, 537 tons, Pellatt, Master, from Plymouth, October 11th.
2nd ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1854 ; 2 births and 1 death on the passage, T.H. Mayne, surgeon-superintendent. The list below has been compiled from a variety of sources such as the BISA, the Birth-Death-Marriage (BDM) index

ship Emerald Isle
Arrived from Plymouth the 16th January, after a passage of 97 days, bringing to the colony 227 immigrants of whom 92 were single women. Only one person died at sea, a boy of five years old ; there were two births at sea. This ship arrived in a most satisfactory manner.
The South Australian Government Gazette 1866 p. 84
Name	Age	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Where buried
Minahan, Patrick	6	December 20	inflammation of the lungs	at sea

Surgeon Superintendent Report
Name of Mother		Date of Birth	Sex of Infant
Minahan, Mary		December 21, 1853	female
Thomas, Hannah		January 16, 1854	female

note: where maiden name of wife is indicated, it has been included in the given name column within ( ) ; the passenger list comprises three sections arranged alphabetically, i families, ii single men, iii single women & children ; transcriber notes in italics

Names		Age	Occupation	B-index	BDM	Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Families
Allan	George	27	Farm Labourer	15/3		Durham
	Mary	27
Barton	John	36	Miner	88/2		Glamorgan
	Mary	29
	David	4
Cunningham	Patrick	25	Farm Servant	358/1		Clare
	Ellen (Hagarthy)	21
Davis	Evan	33	Miner	381/1		Glamorgan
	Ann	31
	Margaret	8
	John	3
	Gwenllian	inf
Davis	James	38	Miner			Monmouth
	Jane	37
	Amy	12
	John	7
	Anna	5
Davis	James	33	Miner	381/3		Monmouth
	Emma	32
Davis	James	28	Miner	381/3		Glamorgan
	Mary	28
	Samuel	4					Stephen ?
	John	inf
Davis	Samuel	23	Miner	383/1		Glamorgan
	Ann	23
	Mary	inf
Davis	William	37	Miner	383/2		Glamorgan
	Catherine	36
	Mary	14	Servant				with parents
	Elizabeth	8
	Thomas	7
	Alice	2
Devlin	Owen	39	Farm Servant	-	D	Wicklow
	Mary	37
	Mary	15	Farm Servant				with parents
	Marcella	12
	Elizabeth	10
	Anne	3
	Michael	inf
Doyle	Michael	43	Farm Servant	427/1		Wicklow
	Margaret	43
	William	10
	Mary	7
	Anne	2
Duffy	Michael	39	Labourer	434/3		Dublin
	Mary (Hare)	38
	Bridget	13
	Michael	11
	Andrew	8
Dunne	James	34	Labourer	441/1		Dublin
	Bridget (Bryan)	26
Edwards	John	21	Miner	-	B ?	Glamorgan
	Jane	20
	Ann	1
Hughes	Henry	21	Farm Servant	790/3		Meath ?
	Ann	18
Hughes	Michael	19	Farm Servant	791/2		Meath ?
	Elizabeth	18
James	Benjamin	27	Miner	825/3		Glamorgan
	Margaret	25
	Job (William)	inf
Jones	William	25	Farm Servant	864/1		Somerset
	Ann	19
Kavanagh	Patrick	24	Farm Labourer	-	B	Wicklow
	Ann	22
Kiely	Michael	43	Labourer	905/3		Dublin
	Mary (Ryan)	42
	Ann	28					with parents
	Daniel	24	Labourer				with parents
	Timothy	22	Labourer				with parents
	Honora	20	Servant				with parents
	Mary	18	Domestic Servant				with parents
	Judy	17	Domestic Servant				with parents
	Bridget	16	Domestic Servant				with parents
	David	14	Labourer				with parents
	Margaret	11
	John	9
Lawless	Edward	41	Farm Servant	-	D/M	Wicklow
	Margaret	42
	Thomas	17	Farm Servant				with parents
	Sarah	16	Farm Servant				with parents
	Jane	13
	Esther	9
	Mary	6
	Anne	3
Liddy	John	39	Farm Servant	-	D/M	Clare
	Mary	37
	Owen	20					with parents
	Biddy	18					with parents
	Eliza	16					with parents
	Margaret	14					with parents
	John	12
	Josh	10
	Mary	6
	Anne	3
Minihan	Patrick	38	Blacksmith	-	B/M	Limerick
	Mary	36
	Biddy	17	Servant				with parents
	Mary	15	Servant				with parents
	Michael	12
	Ellen	10
	Patrick	5					died at sea
Mulqueeny	Hugh	32	Farm Labourer	1149/2		Clare
	Mary (Byrnes)	28
	Judith	5
	Patrick	inf
Osborne	William	42	Farm Servant	1223/1		Devon
	Mary	41
	Sarah	15	Servant				with parents
	Robert	11
	Mary	9
Pedler	Thomas	39	Mason	1260/3		Devon
	Maria	37
	Thomas	17					with parents
	Elizabeth	15					with parents
	Eliza	13
	Jane	12
	Maria	10
	George	7
	Adelaide	4
	Emma	1
Ryan	Laurence	24	Farm Servant	1410/2		Tipperary
	Ann	25
Shannon	Michael	27	Farm Labourer	1469/1		Clare
	Catherine	20
Sheehy	Edward	38	Farm Labourer	1475/1		Tipperary	Sheedy
	Mary	34
	Ann	9
Smyth	John	29	Herdsman	-	B	Wicklow
	Anne	28
Thomas	Orlando Courtenay	33	Carpenter	1595/1		Devon
	Hannah	34
	Edwin	5
	Charles	3
Tuohey	James	28	Farm Labourer	1627/3		Limerick
	Bridget	22
	Mary	inf
Vaughan	Richard	35	Carpenter	1643/1		Middlesex
	Ann	35
	Ann	9
	Richard	7
	Alfred	3
Williams	John	27	Miner	1716/2		Glamorgan
	Mary	27
	Elizabeth	9
	David	6
	John	2
Names		Age	Occupation	B-index		Birthplace	Remarks
Last	Given
Single Men
Merrigan	Edward	20	Labourer	1097/3		Dublin
Merrigan	Patrick	13	-	-		Dublin
Single Women
Bartley	Mary	24	Farm Servant			Limerick
Battle	Catherine	22	Seamstress			Cork
Burke	Honora	41	Farm Servant			Clare
Burns	Judith	19	Farm Servant			Clare
Butler	Catherine	19	Farm Servant			Wicklow
Carrig	Bridget (Biddy)	22	Housemaid			Clare
Carrig	Honora	20	Housemaid			Clare
Carrig	Kate	18	Housemaid			Clare
Cherry	Bridget (Biddy)	30	Housemaid			Limerick
Coffee	Mary	28	Housemaid			Clare
Cowan	Jane	24	Housemaid			Clare
Donellan	Mary	19	Domestic Servant			Clare
Donohue	Kate	20	Farm Servant			Clare	Donohoe
Donohue	Mary	29	Farm Servant			Clare
Duffy	Ellen	17	Domestic Servant			Dublin
Dunne	Catherine	28	Domestic Servant			Dublin
Dunne	Ellen	32	Domestic Servant			Dublin
Fitzpatrick	Anne	21	Farm Servant			Queens county
Floyd	Elizabeth	23	Farm Servant			Clare	Flooyd
Folan	Mary	22	Domestic Servant			Clare
Gaffney	Catherine	22	Servant			Wicklow
Gleeson	Mary	24	Servant			Wicklow
Hallenan	Mary	18	Servant			Clare
Haloran	Anne	20	Farm Servant			Clare
Hart	Bridget (Biddy)	20	Domestic Servant			Galway
Hart	Winnifred	18	Domestic Servant			Galway
Hayden	Ellen	27	Domestic Servant			Carlow
Heffernan	Bridget (Biddy)	21	Servant			Clare
Hehir	Bridget (Biddy)	22	Servant			Clare
Hehir	Mary	20	Servant			Clare
Hickey	Ellen	24	Farm Servant			Clare
Higgins	Celia	20	Farm Servant			Meath
Hogan	Anne	32	Dairy Servant			Clare
Hogan	Margaret	25	Dairy Servant			Clare
Hogan	Mary	22	Dairy Servant			Clare
Hurley	Margaret	22	Servant			Clare
Kelly	Johanna	18	Domestic Servant			Kerry
Kennedy	Ellen	23	Domestic Servant			Clare
Kildea	Bridget (Biddy)	22	Dairy Servant			Galway
Kildea	Margaret	18	Dairy Servant			Galway
Killeen	Ellen	24	Farm Servant			Clare
Kirnan	Mary	28	Farm Servant			Kings county
Lewis	Catherine	19	Housemaid			Cork
Lloyd	Maria	28	Domestic Servant			Limerick
Mack	Bridget (Biddy)	28	Servant			Tipperary
Mack	Mary	24	Servant			Tipperary
Madigan	Honora	18	Servant			Clare
Maher	Bridget (Biddy)	22	Servant			Tipperay
Mahony	Bridget (Biddy)	23	Farm Servant			Wicklow
Mahony	Catherine	27	Servant			Cork
Mahony	Ellen	18	Servant			Cork
Mossop	Bridget (Biddy)	20	Parlour Maid			Limerick
McDonald	Anne	26	Housemaid			Carlow
McDonald	Judith	21	Housemaid			Carlow
McNamara	Ellen	28	Dairy Maid			Clare
Meara	Anne	21	Housemaid			Tipperary
Meer	Mary	20	Housemaid			Clare
Milliken	Ann	23	Housemaid			Clare
Milliken	Mary	37	House Servant			Clare
Molony	Bridget (Biddy)	21	Housemaid			Clare
Mooney	Maria	26	Housemaid			Cork
Morony	Mary	21	Servant			Clare
Morony	Nancy	23	Dairy Maid			Clare
Mungavin	Bridget (Biddy)	18	Farm Servant			Clare
O'Brien	Ellen	24	Dairy Maid			Cork
O'Donnell	Bridget (Biddy)	22	Servant			Cork
O'Donnell	Ellen	20	Servant			Cork
O'Loughlin	Catherine	19	Child's Maid			Clare
Ryan	Honora	26	Domestic Servant			Clare
Scanlon	Elizabeth / Eliza	19	Domestic Servant			Clare
Shaughnessy	Mary	26	Domestic Servant			Dublin
Sheedy	Mary	23	Dairy Maid			Clare
Tuohey	Mary	20	Dairy Maid			Limerick
Watson	Eliza	23	House Servant			Limerick

Sources: State Library South Australia, official passenger lists, mainly of immigrants arriving in South Australia under United Kingdom assisted passage schemes, 1847-1886 GRG 35/48a (formely ACC 313); Sydney Shipping Gazette; South Australian Register; The South Australian Government Gazette; GRG 35/48/2 Crown lands and Immigrant ships papers; Biographical index SA 1836-1885 (the B-index column indicates individuals who may be found in that index, with corresponding reference number for further research) ; BDM Indexes

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