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Transportation
Patrick Mckenny was transported on the Mangles, departing 27th Sep 1825 and arriving 18th Feb 1826 with 192 passengers.
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Convict Notes
COUNTY OF KILDARE. A Special Sessions under the Insurrection Act was held at Naas,, the 31st October and 1st November. Besides Mr, Bennett, K. C„ and Mr. Schoales, Assistant Barrister, there were present sixteen most respectable magistrates. Patrick Kenny, of Punches Grange, was charged was charged with having arms concealed in his dwelling-house, contrary the provisionsof the section of the statute, Denis McCoy, a constable of police, deposed that on the 21th of October last, between the hours of eleven and twelve, witness, with five other policemen, went the prisoner’s house, under the authority search warrant. The prisoner had been in bed, but rose hearing dogs bark, and opened the door without making resistance on the police demanding entrance; witness knew the house, having made search there for arms on the 29th of August last, but without finding any, though he was for two hours employed in the search; that occasion witness cautioned prisoner that if had arms and did not give them up, would subject to transportation, and prisoner denied having any on the 21th of October, witness demanded the prisoners arms; prisoner said be had none, and was willing to make voluntary it, and offered to procure a spade for the police assist them searching; witness and the party found carbine and a pistol concealed between the walls, neatly built up inside the house, near the chimney over the fire-place. The arms were produced in Court and appeared to in good serviceable order; the policemen discovered the place striking round the walls of house; there was way getting out the arms but taking down the front wall, which was made wattles plaistered over, and appeared rather fresher built; the Prisoner being called on for his defence, admitted that he had the arms concealed; that he dealt in butter, and kept the arms to defend his property, and that he was unwilling to break the wall, or he would given them up. He called John Grady, who said that the prisoner was his tenant, and always paid his rent 10 a-year fair and honest ; witness knew him to he very industrious man; witness had heard some of the neighbours speak well, and others speak ill of the prisoner; had heard of his being in the robbing of houses, but never saw any proof of it; witness heard that he went by the name Prussian, having been the Prussian service, after had heard was in gaol, but did not know for what, and had heard the neighbours speak of him concerning the times. Nicholas Beahan knew the prisoner thirteen or fourteen years; is an honest industrious man, has a wife and three children; has heard some of the neighbours speak well of him and others not; believes he was out of the country for being concerned in the rebellion of 1798. Prisoner was unanimously convicted, and sentenced to transportation. Dublin Correspondent, 6 Nov 1823.
CORRECTION His trial date was in 1823, not 1825.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Patrick McKenny, alias McKenry, age on arrival, 55, per Mangles (4) 1826, Tried Naas, Kildare, 1825, 7 years for Insurrection. White boy rebel. DOB, 1771, native place, Westmeath, Married, 5 children. Catholic, Trade, Soldier farmers servant.