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Transportation
Michael Egan was transported on the Kinnear, departing 10th Jul 1842 and arriving 23rd Oct 1842 with 174 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
Kinnear (generic)References
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Convict Notes
LONGFORD ASSIZES. Michael Egan, aged 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of having the passwords of the Ribbon Society in a tin box, on his person, on the 10h of December, arrested by Constable Mateolus Russell, Constable Thomas Carrick of Carrickboy—To be transported for seven years. … Westmeath Guardian and Longford News-Letter, 10 Mar 1842.
Kinnear Indent. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P20 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P21 Michael Egan, tried at Longford, 25 Feb 1842, 7 years, age 29, height 5ft 6 ½, catholic, can read and write, single. Offence: Ribbonism. Surgeon’s Report: Good. Trade, F. Labourer. Native place, Longford. Remarks: M, Mary, N.P. 1B, Jno in America. 1S, Anne at N.P. -------------------------------------------------- Michael was convicted for Ribbonism. Ribbonism whose supporters were usually called Ribbonmen, was a 19th-century popular movement of poor Catholics in Ireland. The movement was also known as Ribandism. The Ribbonmen were active against landlords and their agents, and opposed "Orangeism", the ideology of the Protestant Orange Order.