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Transportation
John Gallivan was transported on the Forth, departing 1st Jan 1830 and arriving 26th Apr 1830 with 120 passengers.
118 Prisoners - 3 deaths May 1830. Embarked on board the Fourth at Cove form the Penitentiary in Cork for passage to New South Wales; 120 Female Convicts. 10 Children belonging to 8 Free Women and 19 Children of
Forth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
The High Sheriff yesterday received an order from Government to prepare the following Convicts in our County Jail, for transmittal to Cork for transportation: John Callaghan, manslaughter, Patrick Linnane, abduction, John Nunan and John Madigan, stabbing a mare, to be severally transported for life ; John Galvin, Michael Molony, Patrick Molony, Denis Coffey, Pat. Jackson, and James Guerin, for seven years each, They were forwarded this morning, under an Officer’s guard of the 62d Regiment. The City Sheriffs received an order yesterday to transmit forthwith the following Convicts, under rule of transportation in our City Jail, viz. :—John Grady, John Walsh, Thomas Mahony, Patrick Reilly, Pat. Ryan, Thomas Hickie, John Ryan; Patrick Hickie, and John M‘Donnell. They were sent off this morning. Limerick Chronicle, 30 Sept 1829. (All the above were transported on Forth.)
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John Gallivan, age on arrival, 47, per Forth I, (1830), Tried 1829, Limerick, 7 years for Stealing pig. Married, 12 children. DOB, 1783, Native place, Limerick Co. Catholic. Ploughman reaper shearer.