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Transportation
Edward Glenn was transported on the Asia V, departing 6th Aug 1831 and arriving 2nd Dec 1831 with 90 passengers.
Built in Calcutta in 1814, 523 tons Rig Type: S The Asia transported prisoners from counties throughout Ireland including Wexford, Cork, Clare, Athlone, Mayo, Limerick, Carrick. Galway, Roscommon, Tipperary, Kerry, Waterford, Belfast and Monaghan. Their crimes included varous forms of stealing and robbery, assault, vagrancy, highway robbery, house robbery, receiving, assault, manslaughter and whiteboy crimes.
Asia V (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
The Chandlery of Mrs Jones, in Nicholas street, Limerick, was entered, last night, and a quantity of soap, candles, and rendered tallow, feloniously carried away. Limerick Evening post, 11 March 1831. William Mara, Patrick Houlihane, and Edward Glynn, for breaking into the shop of Mr. Jones Nicholas-street, and stealing soap and tallow; -each transported for seven years. Limerick Evening post, 18 March 1831.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Edward Glenn, alias Glynn, age on arrival, 17, per Asia V (2) 1831. Tried 1831 at Limerick, 7 years, for House breaking. 1 former conviction. DOB 1814, native place, Limerick, single, Catholic, Butchers apprentice.