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Philip Mcgoldrick was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 3rd Oct 1819 and arriving 4th Mar 1820 with 143 passengers.
The Castle Forbes was a 439-ton merchant ship built by Robert Gibbon & Sons at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1818. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia. Castle Forbes arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 27 January 1820. After their arrival in Sydney, 136 men were sent on to Van Diemen's Land Colony (now named Tasmania), arriving in Hobart 1 March 1820. 4 men remained in New South Wales and 4 deaths recorded on this voyage. Alexander Pearce (the infamous bushranger) was one of these men. (Incomplete register of persons transported - records are currently being inputted)
Castle Forbes (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Convict Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-15$init=CON31-1-15P14 No 163. Philip McGoldrick, per Castle Forbes, tried Lent 1819, Life. See record for details. Conditional Pardon, No 1665, 20 March 1838. In margin: S.C. 4 April 1842, Not Guilty. -------------------------------------------------- Tickets of Leave to Philip McGoldrick, Castle Forbes; Hobart Town Gazette, 23 Oct 1835. -------------------------------------------------- Supreme Court – Launceston. Monday, 4th April Philip M'Golack was indicted for stealing on the 22d March last, one waistcoat and one handkerchief, the property of Robert Taylor. His Honor said it was an extremely unfair way of proceeding, to try the prisoner without producing the property; it was mere circumstantial and secondary evidence. The Attorney-General agreed with his Honor, and the prisoner was consequently discharged. Launceston Examiner, 9 April 1842.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Philip McGoldrick, age on arrival, 17, per Castle Forbes (1), 1820, Tried at Cavan Co., 1819, Life, DOB, 1803, native place, Fermanagh Co., Trade, Labourer.