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Transportation
Cornelius Hourahan was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Cornelius Hourahan, alias Houlihan, age on arrival, 15, per Chapman (1) 1817. tried at Cork Co. 1816, Life, DOB, 1802, native of Bantry Bay Cork Co., trade, labourer. ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday evening Mr. Justice pronounced sentence of death upon the following fifteen persons convicted in the City of Cork, Cornelius and Denis Hourahan, for burglary in the house of the Rev. Daniel Crowley, the ? October, ... Dublin Evening Post, 12 Sept 1816. -------------------------------------------------- Denis Hourahan arrived on the same ship. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. HOURAHAN, Cornelius. Per "Chapman", 1817. 1817 Feb 9 On list of persons put on board "Chapman" (Reel 6046; 4/1738 p.3)