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Transportation
Michael Connolly was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Kilkenny Assizes…. County Court … Michael Carroll alias Brophy, for cow-stealing, pleaded guilty, sentence of death recorded. ... Tipperary Free Press, 31 Mar 1827.
Prin. Sup. of Convicts' Office, Sydney, 17th October, 1851. THE undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown holding Tickets of Leave, being absent from their Districts, are illegally at large :— - Michael Connolly alias Brophy, Eliza 3, 45, Limerick, farm laborer, 5 feet 5½ inches, sallow and freckled comp, brown hair, grey eyes, scar over right ear; from Ticket of Leave, Maitland, since the 24th April, 1851. New South Wales Government Gazette, 17 Oct 1851.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Michael Connolly, alias Brophy, age 21, per Eliza II (1) 1827, Tried at Kilkenny, 1827, crime, Stealing cows, sentence Life, Native of Galway, trade – Farmers man, Catholic, Single. DOB 1806. -------------------------------------------------- Tickets-of-Leave Granted. The undermentioned Convicts have been allowed Tickets-of-Leave for the Districts set opposite to their respective names :— Imperial (Sentence). Michael Connolly or Brophy, per ship “ Eliza” (3), 1827; convicted at Kilkenny Co., 24th March, 1827; sentence, life; laborer ; 5 feet 5 ½ inches on arrival; age, 58 years; complexion, sallow, freckled; hair, brown; eyes, grey; native place, Galway; broad scar over right ear.— Penrith. New South Wales Police Gazette, 4 May 1864.