The following Irish convicts lived in the Port Cygnet area

 

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Name. Approx. date of birth. Where tried. Date of the trial. Ship used to transport the convict.

 

BAKEY, Michael. (1801). Co. Clare. 16 January 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

BARNES, Anne. (1823). Dublin City. 4 November 1847. John Calvin.

BARRETT, Michael. (1824). Co. Mayo. 27 July 1843. Duke of Richmond.

BENSON, Thomas. (1818). Co. Limerick. 11 March 1843. Constant.

BETHEL, Michael. (1829). Co. Clare. 16 June 1849. Rodney.

BRASSIL, Patrick. (1819). Co. Clare. 11 July 1846. Tory.

CALLAGHAN, Dennis. (1813). Gloucestershire. 6 August 1842. D. of Northumberland.

CINNAMON, Mary. (1812). Co. Down. 1 January 1847. Waverley.

CLAVIN, Patrick. (1822). King’s Co. 19 July 1843. Duke of Richmond.

CLEARY, Thomas. (1817). Co. Tipperary. 11 March 1836. Lord Auckland.

COLLINS, Sibby. (1827). Co. Mayo. 18 January 1848. Kinnear.

CONNOLLY, Michael. (1821). Dublin City. 8 April 1842. Isabella Watson.

CONROY, William (aka CONLEY, William). (1828). Co. Galway. 26 June 1847. Blenheim.

CONWAY, Johanna. (1813). CCC London. 13 June 1836. Westmoreland.

CONWAY, Mary. (1830). Co. Clare. 4 July 1849. Duke of Cornwall.

COY, Michael. (1818). Co. Clare. 26 October 1849. London.

COY, Margaret (née JORDAN). (1824). Co. Clare. 27 February 1849. Australasia.

COY, Martin. (1822). Co. Clare. 27 February 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

CULLEN, Thomas. (1818). Dublin City. 25 July 1842. Navarino.

CULNANE, Julia. (1829). Co. Cork. 30 June 1851. Martin Luther.

DEVEREUX, Philip. (1822). Hobart Supreme Court. 23 October 1845.

DILLANE/DILLON, Edmond. (1813). Co. Limerick. 12 March 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

DILLANE/DILLON, John. (1817). Co. Limerick. 12 March 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

DILLANE/DILLON, Timothy. (1820s). Co. Limerick. 12 March 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

DORAN, Thomas. (1826). Co. Kilkenny. 22 July 1850. Lord Dalhousie.

DOWNING, Cornelius. (1816). Co. Tipperary. 4 March 1843. Constant.

DUGGAN, Daniel. (1828). Co. Limerick. 3 October 1848. Hyderabad.

DUGGAN, Roger. (1823). Co. Limerick. 3 October 1848. Hyderabad.

DUNIGAN, Eleanor. (1828). Co. Sligo. 25 June 1850. Blackfriar.

DWYER, Charles. (1817). Gloucestershire, England. 12 August 1842. Maitland.

DWYER, William. (1821). Gloucestershire, England. 12 August 1842. D. of Northumberland.

FARRELL, Ellen. (1821). Co. Dublin. 7 October 1845. Arabian.

FARRELL, Patrick. (1830). Co. Limerick. 18 July 1849. Rodney.

FEARNEY/FEENEY, Peter. (1821). 1 April 1843. Chester Assizes, England. Maitland.

FLYNN, Laurence. (1808). Co. Waterford. 4 July 1848. Hyderabad.

FOGARTY, James. (1824). Co. Tipperary. 26 October 1846. Bangalore/Neptune.

GAFFNEY, Mary Ann. (1828). Co. Mayo. 27 Dec. 1848. Australasia.

GILROY, Alexander. (1821). Co. Armagh. 24 June 1846. Tory.

GRACE, Catherine (née Whelan). (1815). Co. Carlow. 17 October 1844. Tasmania.

GRACE, Pierce. (1811). Queen’s Co. 15 March 1844. Cadet.

GUINAN, Deborah. (1822). Co. Kerry. 9 January 1851. John William Dare.

HASSETT, Michael. (1834). Co. Clare. 2 July 1849. Rodney.

HENNESSEY, John. (1827). Co. Limerick. 16 July 1849. St. Vincent.

HERLIHY, Timothy. (1810). Co. Cork. 5 August 1842. Navarino.

HYNES, John. 27 February 1846. Co. Clare.

JOYNT, Ann. (1829). Co. Limerick. 28 February 1852. Midlothian.

KANE, Jane. (1827). Co. Antrim. 27 June 1842. Waverley.

KELLY, Ellen. (1792). Alexander to NSW, Kangaroo to VDL.

KELLY, Laurence. (1799). Co. Kilkenny. 13 March 1845. Ratcliffe.

KENNA, Patrick. (1826). Co. Tipperary. 23 July 1846. Tory.

KENNY, Patrick. (1822). N.P. Co. Longford. Court Martial in Sydney 16 October 1842. Somersetshire and Waterlily.

KILMARTIN, John. Not transported; imprisoned in Ireland.

KILMARTIN, Mary. (1829). Co. Clare. 21 June 1850. Blackfriar.

KILMARTIN, Patrick. (1821). Co. Clare. 28 June 1849. Blenheim.

KINSELLA, James. (1826). Queen’s Co. 9 March 1849. Hyderabad.

LAWLER, John. (1829). King’s Co. 20 July 1847. Blenheim.

LARKIN, Margaret. (1826). Co. Galway. 30 October 1847. John Calvin.

LEYNE, Mary (aka Mary Lyons). (1830). Co. Kerry. 15 July 1850. Blackfriar.

LILLIS, William. (1827). Co. Limerick. 4 July 1847. Lord Dalhousie.

LYDEN, Martin. (1823). N.P. Co. Galway. 30 April 1847. Salween.

MAGEE, Eleanor. (1820). Co. Fermanagh. 9 March 1839/41. Mexborough.

McARDLE, Susan. (1832). Co. Down. 12 January 1846. Arabian.

McKNIGHT, Ellen. (1822). Co. Limerick. 2 April 1849. Australasia.

McNAMARA, Bridget. (1830). Co. Limerick. 4 July 1851. Martin Luther.

McNAMARA, Michael. (1832) Co. Clare. 28 June 1849. Rodney.

MACGUIGAN, Catherine. (1815). Co. Antrim. Unknown. Mexborough.

MACKEY, Michael. (1827). Co. Limerick. 17 July 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

MAHER, Michael. (1820). Co. Limerick. 11 July 1842. North Briton.

MARKHAM, Essy. Co. Wicklow. 10 January 1841. J. W. Dare.

MOONEY, James. (1825). Co. Galway. 23 April 1849. Blenheim.

MORIARTY, Michael. (1819). Co. Kerry. 14 March 1844. Emily.

MORRISSEY, John. (1823). Co. Cork. 16 March 1846. Tory.

MULCAHY, John. (1829). Co. Waterford. 28 June 1848. London.

MULDOON, Francis. (1828). Co. Tyrone. 9 March 1846. Blenheim.

MULKERN, Grace. (1824). Co. Galway. 27 December 1848. Earl Grey.

MURPHY, Margaret. (1817). Co. Dublin. 9 April 1847. Waverley.

O'NEILL, Thomas. (1826). Co. Waterford. 8 April 1850. Rodney.

REDMOND, Margaret. (1831). Co. Wexford. 7 April 1851. J.W. Dare.

RENAHAN, Thomas. (1817). Co. Limerick. 1 March 1842. Kinnear.

RIBBON, Thomas. (1814). Co. Galway. 22 October 1849. Blenheim.

RIORDAN, Cornelius. (1813). Co. Cork. 23 December 1842. Constant.

RUSSELL, Maurice. (1799). Co. Clare. 13 July 1847. Lord Dalhousie.

SANKEY, Mary. (1825). King’s Co. 23 June 1844. John Calvin.

SCOTT, Ellen. (1824). Co. Tipperary. 4 August 1848. Maria.

SHAW, Catherine. (1824). Co. Dublin. 6 February 1843. East London.

SMITH, Bridget. (1831). Co. Tipperary. 23 July 1847. John Calvin.

STACK, Patrick. (1816). Co. Limerick. 12 March 1849. Lord Dalhousie.

STRONG, John. (1829). King’s Co. 7 March 1850. Hyderabad.

STRONG, Thomas. (1831). King’s Co. 7 March 1850. Hyderabad.

SULLIVAN, Johanna. (1829). Co. Cork. 9 July 1850. Blackfriar.

WALSH, Ellen. (1826). Co. Wexford. 25 February 1848. Kinnear.

WALSH, James. (1823). Co. Wexford. 25 February 1848. Lord Dalhousie.

WALSH, Margaret. (1790s). Co. Wexford. 25 February 1848. Kinnear.

WRENN, Nancy. (1831). Co. Clare. 16 June 1847. John Calvin.