Exiles from Erin
Convict Lives in Ireland and Australia
Published on 18. September 1991
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-0-333-56436-3 (ISBN)
Description
In April 1791 the Queen sailed from the Cove of Cork with the first cargo of Irish convicts destined for the new prison colony of New South Wales. In this book, some of the leading authorities on Irish convicts have re-created the Irish and colonial lives of a colourful selection of petty criminals, political rebels, tithe-protesters, eccentric clerics, faction-fighters and poets. How they responded to the challenge of a new life at 'Botany Bay' is an exciting story, rich with Irish pathos and good humour.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, plates, appendices, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-56436-3 (9780333564363)
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Book
09/1991
Palgrave Macmillan
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Content
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