Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Patrick Corcoran was transported on the Cambridge, departing 2nd Jun 1827 and arriving 17th Sep 1827 with 71 passengers.
Departed Dublin 2/6/1827 Arrived Port Jackson 17/9/1827
Cambridge (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Waterford Assizes. … Patrick Cantwell and Patrick Corcoran, indicted for burglariously entering, the night of the 6th instant, the dwelling-house of Lieutenant Fish, and stealing thereout a quantity of plate, house linen, wearing apparel, &c. were arraigned and pleaded Guilty, The Judge intimated to the prisoners that as their crime had been unattended by any circumstance of atrocity or violence tending to endanger the lives of the inmates of the house they had plundered, he would merely record sentence of death against them, but would use his influence to procure a commutation of that sentence to transportation for life. ... Waterford Mail, 19 July 1826.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Patrick Corcoran, age on arrival, 24 per Cambridge 1827, Tried Waterford, 1826, Life for Robbery house. DOB, 1803, Native place, Kilkenny. single. Farmers man. Catholic.