Matthew Ryan

Summary

Born
Jan 1799
Conviction
Murder
Departure
Jan 1827
Arrival
May 1827
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Matthew Ryan
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1799
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Murder
Convicted at: Ireland, Tipperary
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

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

Transportation

Matthew Ryan 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 SourceIrish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry.

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Convict Notes

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 23rd August 2025

Mathew Ryan, alias Broderick, for the murder of Mary Hourigan, at Nenagh, with a blow of an iron bar—this fatal business originated  in deceased beating a pig which belonged to the prisoner, her landlord ; the prisoner was found guilty. Limerick Chronicle, 29 July 1826.

Maureen Withey avatar
Level 347
on 23rd August 2025

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Matthew Ryan, alias Broderick, age on arrival, 28, per Mariner (3) 1827, Tried Tipperary 1826, 7 years for Murder. DOB, 1799, Native place, Tipperary. single. Labourer farmers. Religion, Catholic.