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Roger Rhodaghan was transported on the Castle Forbes, departing 28th Sep 1823 and arriving 19th Jan 1824 with 142 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
LEITRIM ASSIZES. Peter and Roger Rodoghan, and Thady and Patrick Lenaghan, were arraigned on Thursday, the principal persons concerned in the abduction in the abduction Jane Farrell, on the night of ? February last - Guilty. Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette, 15 Mar 1823.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Roger Rodaghan, age on arrival, 39, Castle Forbes (2) 1824. Tried Leitrim, 1823, Life, DOB 1785, Native place, Leitrim. Reaper.