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Thomas Francis Meagher

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Summary

Born
Jan 1823
Conviction
High treason (treason against a monarch)
Departure
Apr 1849
Arrival
Apr 1850
Death
Jan 1867
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Personal Information

Name: Thomas Francis Meagher
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1823
Death: 1st Jan 1867
Age at death: 44
Occupation: Soldier
Aliases: O'meagher

Crime

Crime: High treason (treason against a monarch)
Convicted at: Clomnell Tipperary Ireland
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 18th Apr 1849
Ship: Neptune
Arrival: 5th Apr 1850
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land. [Originally for Cape of Good Hope, however due to anti-convict sentiment, ship eventually sailed for Van Diemen's Land.]

Transportation

Thomas Francis Meagher was transported on the Neptune, departing 18th Apr 1849 and arriving 5th Apr 1850 with 306 passengers.

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References

Primary Sourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mitchel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Francis_Meagher

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Convict Notes

greg petersen avatar
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on 16th September 2017

Thomas Francis Meagher name appears as one of the convicts transported from Richmond Prison, Dublin to the seaport Kingstown, county Dublin and from there on board the warship Swift commanded by Captain Aldham. It was on this ship that he and three other rebels, Terence Bellew McManus, William Smith O'Brien and Patrick O'Donoghue were transported to Van Diemen's Land.

greg petersen avatar
59
on 16th September 2017

on the day after his sentence was commuted to exile he changed his name to Thomas Francis O'Meagher.

Tim Flynn avatar
42
on 22nd May 2013

Escaped Tasmania, became a general in Union Army in American Civil war and then Governor of Montana.