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Transportation
Eleanor Ryan was transported on the City Of Edinburgh (1), departing 23rd Jun 1828 and arriving 12th Nov 1828 with 82 passengers.
Departed Cork 23/6/1828. Arrived Port Jackson 12/11/1828. 80 Female Prisoners, 12 free women, 36 children [Convicts Children; 1 male and 5 female children]
City Of Edinburgh (1) (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
SUMMARY OF TRIALS IN THE CITY. Convictions, ... To be transported ‘or seven years— ... Ellen Ryan, Alice Kennelly, and Anne Cavanagh, geese-stealing ; ... Limerick Chronicle, 22 March 1828. City Criminal Court. Ellen Ryan, Alice Kennelly, and Anne Cavenagh, for stealing three geese, the property of Richard Mullins. Jane Mullins proved the property, and Thomas Hogan, having found them on the road, near Ballyseeda, same night, at late hour, with a bag full of spoil, comprising geese and ducks. Verdict, guilty. The Judge having ascertained the prisoners were in custody before, “Well, Botany Bay is a fine country, and you need not steal geese there”.(Laughter,) transported for seven years. Cork Constitution, 18 Mar 1828. Monday seven female convicts under sentence in the City Goal since last Assizes, were transmitted on a car to Cork escorted by a guard of the 32d Regiment, preparatory to transportation. They were comfortably attired in new beaver mantles and entirely new dresses. The names of the above are Alice Kennelly, Ellen Ryan, Margaret Grady, Ann Cavenagh, Bridget Neile, Winifred Hayes, and Mary Cregan, Limerick Chronicle, 28 May 1828.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Eleanor or Ellen Ryan, age on arrival, 22, per City of Edinburgh (1) 1828, Tried Limerick 1828, 7 years, for Stealing fowls. DOB 1806, native place, Limerick. widow. Protestant. Laundry maid needle woman.