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Transportation
Richard Burke was transported on the Boyne, departing 29th Jun 1826 and arriving 28th Oct 1826 with 207 passengers.
Boyne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Ireland National Archives. Ireland-Australia Transportation Database. Doc Ref: PPC 2737. |
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Convict Notes
CLONMEL ASSIZES, MARCH, 1826, … To be transported for Life—Richard Burke, ..., for manslaughter, ... Limerick Chronicle, 15 April 1826.
At the Clonmel Assizes, Richard Burke was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, for the murder of George Groves, on the 12th of July, at Cloghjordan. It appears, from the evidence of the daughter of the deceased, that a mob of persons had collected in the street of the above village, on the dav named, for the purpose of attacking some other individuals, of an opposite party and that the prisoner, who belonged to the former party, with others, pursued the deceased as he was returning home, and struck him in the head with a stone, which knocked him down and caused such a wound that he died in consequence five days after. The. Jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter and the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for life, after he had received a suitable admonition from the Chief Justice, who remarked what a deplorable state must society be in when upwards of 200 men could assemble in the town of Cloghjordan, for the purpose of fighting against others, merely because they were of a different religion. Enniskillen Chronicle, 13 April 1826.
Ireland National Archives. Ireland-Australia Transportation Database Doc Ref: PPC 2737. Petitioner Name, Richard Burke, Convict. Trial Place: Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Sentence, Transportation Transportation Life. Crime Description: Manslaughter. Convict has a wife and family, no details given. Parents living. Crime committed in the town of Cloghjordan, Co. Cork. Char. ref. from the parish priest of Mothereney, Co. Tipperary. Petition received in 1826.
Richard Burke/Bourke was 20 years old when transported, he was married, and his native place was Tipperary. 1826: Assigned to John Tucker, Patrick Plains. 1834: TOL Patrick Plains. 1837: TOL Patrick Plains. 1/1/1842: Recommended for CP 1845: Bank Warrant.