Michael Keaney

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Summary

Born
Jan 1800
Conviction
Horse theft
Departure
Jan 1827
Arrival
May 1827
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Michael Keaney
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1800
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Ploughman/shearer
Aliases: Carney, Kearney

Crime

Crime: Horse theft
Convicted at: Ireland. Clare
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 19th Jan 1827
Ship: Mariner
Arrival: 23rd May 1827
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Michael Keaney was transported on the Mariner, departing 19th Jan 1827 and arriving 23rd May 1827 with 161 passengers.

The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.

MarinerMariner (generic)

References

Primary SourceNSW Gov Records. Irish Convicts.

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 26th August 2025

National Archives, Ireland. Ireland- Australia Transportation Database. Doc Ref 1: FS 1832 6. Doc Date: 27/2/1832. List of convicts who have applied for their wives and families to be sent to New South Wales at the expense of the Government. Michael Kearney, tried at Co. Clare, Transportation for Life, per ship Mariner 1827. Wife, Anne Halloran, residing in Ennis.

Dennis Nightingale avatar
94
on 1st June 2015

169719 Keaney Michael - Mariner 1827. 1827 State Archives of NSW. Bound indents Microfiche 664. Age 27. Farmer's labourer from Co. Clare. Sentenced to transportation for life for horse stealing. Assigned to Donald McIntyre on arrival. 126214 Kearney Thomas - Mariner 1827. 1840 6 May Invermein GG. Granted Ticket of Leave. 18292 Kearney Thomas - Mariner 1827. 1845 23 August Scone MM. Ticket of leave cancelled for larceny. 37326 Kearney (Carney) Thomas - Mariner 1827 1847 29 December Muswellbrook MM. Obtained Ticket of Leave.

Dennis Nightingale avatar
94
on 1st June 2015

Born - Clare Ireland. Married 3 children.