Exiles from Erin: Convict Lives in Ireland and AustraliaIn April 1791 the "Queen" sailed from Cobh in Cork with the first cargo of Irish convicts destined for New South Wales. During the next 76 years, Ireland supplied 40,000 of all the convicts transported to Australia. This book looks at what happened to these exiles. |
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Contents
The Convicts of the Queen | 12 |
General Joseph Holt | 27 |
The Ballagh Barracks Rioters | 57 |
The Ballad of Maitland Jail | 112 |
The True History of Bernard Reilly | 135 |
Ia Newgate Prison Dublin c 1779 | 160 |
7a Patrick ODonohoe in the dock at Clonmel Court House 23 | 160 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Exiles from Erin: Convict Lives in Ireland and Australia |
| Editor | Bob Reece |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer, 1991 |
| ISBN | 1349215570, 9781349215577 |
| Length | 336 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Social Science / Criminology |
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