Among the most poignant is the family of Christopher and Jane Garvey. They entered the poorhouse in May 1847. Over the next month the children died one by one - until there was only one left. Then a month later the mother died. The next day the father and the last remaining boy checked out...
| Last | First | Age | Register # | Date Admitted | Date Discharged | Comments |
| Garvey | Betsy | 45 | Vol. 1 - 293 | Feb 1, 1842 | Sep 5, 1842 | From Middletown. No husband, no occupation. Roman Catholic |
| John | 8 | 294 | Feb 1, 1842 | Sep 5, 1842 | ||
| Eliza | 6 | 295 | Feb 1, 1842 | Sep 5, 1842 | ||
| Garvey | Anne | 12 | 903 | Jun 13, 1842 | Sep 5, 1842 | Child of above |
| Garvey | Margaret | 1m | 2782 | Jul 9, 1844 | Jul 16, 1844 | From Charlemont. Admitted with mother, Sarah McMahin, 37, and brother, Michael McCaffrey. Arrived thinly clothed, dirty, hungry. Both offspring bastards. Mother: no occupation, Roman Catholic |
| Garvey | Nancy | 72 | 3101 | Dec 1, 1844 | Dec 16, 1844 | From Charlemont, Ballencullen. Widow, infirm, no occupation. Arrived thinly clothed, hungry. |
| Garvey | Betty | 11 | 5317 | Oct 21, 1846 | Dec 9, 1846 | From Grange, Grangemont |
| Garvey | Christopher | 50 | Vol. 2 - 764 | May 23, 1847 | Aug 5, 1847 | Laborer, Roman Catholic |
| Jane | 45 | 765 | May 23, 1847 | Died Aug 4, 1847 | ||
| Eliza | 13 | 766 | May 23, 1847 | Died Jul 3, 1847 | ||
| John | 12 | 767 | May 23, 1847 | Aug 5, 1847 | ||
| William | 4 | 768 | May 23, 1847 | Died Jun 24, 1847 | ||
| Henry | 1 | 769 | May 23, 1847 | Died Jun 20, 1847 | ||
| Garvey | Hugh | 12 | 3372 | Jan 20, 1848 | From Loughall. Deserted child, Roman Catholic. Arrived thinly clothed, destitute, and in fever. Died same day. |