The St John left Galway on 7 September 1849, with a crew that included Captain Martin Oliver and the first mate, Henry Comerford, Jr., thought to have been a nephew of the owner Henry Comerford. ..... Pádraig G. Lane, 'Some Galway and Mayo landlords of the mid-nineteenth century,' Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, vol 45 (1993), pp 70-89. Pádraig G. Lane, 'The Ecumbered Estates Court and Galway land ownership, 1848-58,' Galway History and ...
