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Transportation
Michael Shanaghan 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
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
Claims
"Michael was my wife's 4th great grandfather."
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Convict Notes
1828 Census Index. Michael Shannon, age 39, T.L. Castle Forbes, 1824, 7 years, catholic, Stonemason, Josh. Chawners, Castlereagh St, Sydney. ------------------------------------------------------ Convict Index. Michael Shanaghan, per Castle Forbes, 1824, Ticket of Leave, 28/119. District, Sydney; Born Kilk co 1790; Trade, bargeman; Tried, Kilk 1822. Michael Shanaghan, per Castle Forbes, 1824, Certificate of Freedom, 21 Aug 1829. 29/0793. TL 28/119. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Application to Marry Michael Shanaghan, per Castle Forbes, age 42, 7 years, Free; and Margaret Hayes, per City of Edinburgh, age 28, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 7 Oct 1830, Parramatta, Revd. S. Marsden. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Index. Margaret Hayes, per City of Edinburgh, 1827, Certificate of Freedom, 4 Apr 1835. 35/0271. Wife of Michael Sharmon, per Castle Forbes, 1824, fbs. (as stated on her CF).
Colonial secretary Index. SHANNAGAN, Michael. Per "Castle Forbes", 1824 1824 Jan 20 On list of convicts landed from the "Castle Forbes" & forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.195)
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Michael Shanaghan, age on arrival, 34, Castle Forbes (2) 1824. Tried Kilkenny, 1822, 7 years, DOB 1790. Native place Kilkenny Co. Bargeman.