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Transportation
Denis Minahan was transported on the Norfolk, departing 15th Oct 1831 and arriving 9th Feb 1832 with 201 passengers.
1832 Voyage - Norfolk 3 from Ireland. Henniker - Master. William Clifford - Surgeon Superintendent. Total originally embarked; 200. Died on voyage; 5. Arrived in Sydney Cove 9 February 1832
Norfolk (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Ennis May 3. Sunday night last a Rockite party attacked the residence of Mr. John Barton, at Ballycorney, county Clare, and made a forcible entrance. They placed two of Mr. Barton's men on their knees, and swore them if they knew where their master was, and also commanded them to quit the house and never work any more for Mr. Barton, at the peril of their lives. They left a rock notice signed Mrs. Terry Alts’s, ordering Mr Barton to surrender his ground immediately, or to prepare himself for Mr. Blood's death. The same party did much injury to the interior of the house. Monday night Captain Martin, with Lieut. Woodgate and a detachment of the 56th regiment, arrested Sylvester Minehan, Denis Minehan Darby, Patrick Tobin, James M‘Mahon, and Michael Skehan, for being concerned in the above outrage Albion and The Star, 9 May 1831. Special Commission – County of Clare. The following prisoners were then placed at the bar: Sylvester Minaban, Denis Mineahan, Patrick Tobin, Michael Skehan, James M'Mahon, James Walsh, and Michael Coplin, were indicted, that they on the 1st of May, at Knookadeneen did administer unlawful oaths to the workmen of Mr. John Barton of said Knockadeneen. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. After a trial which occupied a considerable partof the day, the jury found all the prisoners guilty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose and submitted to the court that the necessities of the country required the prompt infliction of punishment, and that the government had provided means for carrying that punishment into effect. The COURT then sentenced all the prisoners to be transported for the term of their natural lives. The prisoners bore the sentence with firmness, but as soon as it was communicated to their relatives outside, their wailings were most piteous. The prisoners were immediately conveyed from the dock to cars which were got ready, and conveyed under a strong military escort to Limerick. The scene of lamentation at their departure was most painfully affecting. Freeman’s Journal, 9 June 1831.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Denis Minahan, age on arrival, 24, per Norfolk (3) 1832, Tried 1831 at Clare, Life for Unlawful oaths. Irish White Boy rebel. DOB, 1808, native place, Clare. Single. Catholic. Ploughman.