The Brig Annah sailed out of Westport bound for Boston on May 24th 1847.

On board were 34 passengers (9 female, 24 male) including 6 children. There were family names such as Murphy, Mugan, Vallely, Flannery and McCall.

The Annah is believed to be one of the smallest ships carrying famine emigrants - approx. 175 tons and 59 ft. long.

In 1849, a boat named The Hannah, struck an iceberg on a voyage from Newery to Quebec. The captain and two mates abandoned ship in the lifeboat leaving the nearly 200 passengers and remaining crew to fend for themselves. They managed to get on to the iceberg before the ship went down where they spent 15 hours before being rescued by the Nicaragua which came upon the scene. 129 passengers survived this ordeal and made their way to Canada.

A school of thought suggests that the Annah and the Hannah were one and the same.

Ref. The Famine Ships - The Irish Exodus to America by Ed. Laxton published 1996 pp 126-129

List of passengers from Newry, Ireland to New York on the ship 
JAMES May 10,1849:
Michael Vallely   labourer    30
Margaret Vallely   wife         28