Exiles from Erin: Convict Lives in Ireland and Australia [Paperback]

In 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.Foreword - Acknowledgements - List of Plates - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; B.Reece - The Convicts of the Queen; K.Johnson & M.Flynn - General Joseph Holt; R.O'Donnell - The Ballagh Barracks 'Rioters'; N.Brennan - 'A Strange Compound of Good and Ill': Laurence Hynes Halloran; K.Grose - The Ballad of Maitland Jail; B.Reece - The True History of Bernard Reilly; B.Reece - Frank the Poet; B.Reece -The Connerys; B.Reece - Ned Kelly's Father; B.Reece - Patrick O'Donohoe: Outcase of the Exiles; R.Davis - The Strange Career of William de la Poer Beresford; G.Bolton - Appendices - Index