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Transportation
Thomas Sweeny was transported on the Isabella, departing 31st Jul 1823 and arriving 16th Dec 1823 with 202 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Sweeny, alias Sweeney, age on arrival, 20, Per Isabella I, (3) 1823. Tried at Clonmel Tipperary Co. 1823, Life, Trade, Ploughman. DOB 1803, Native place, Tipperary North. Died 1867, at Eltham, VIC. Spouse: m. Ireland, Bridget Coleman (arr 1828). ------------------------------------------------- Michael Connors, Thomas Sweeny, and Thady Coonan, charged with assaulting the dwelling-house of Patrick Guyder, of Cullohill, by breaking the door and windows thereof, and with having set fire to said dwelling-house; Dublin Correspondent, 13 March 1823. ————————————————————————— CLONMEL, MARCH 1. On the night of Sunday last, about the hour of 12 o’clock, the house of Patrick Guyder, of Cullohill, in the barony of Ikerrin, was attacked by a party of armed men who demanded a gun and two locks belonging to one Thady Coonan, which they said he had … rushed out and secured three of the principals, one of whom, Michael Connors, styled himself Captain Rock, and gave orders to the rest; the other, Thomas Sweeny, had the tongs in his hand with which he applied the fire to the thatch ... New Globe (London) 13 March 1823. ————————————————————————— March 27. ... Michael Cunnors and Sweeny, for assaulting the house of Patrick Guyder — Death. ... Dublin Correspondent, 3 April 1823. ————————————————————————- The following convicts from the County Tipperary, left Clonmel Jail on Wednesday for Cork, for transportation:—Thomas Butler, Cornelius Dwyer, Michael Ryan, James Britton, David Mullowny, Stephen Brisnohan, Wm. Murphy, David Henessy, John Stack, James Stack, John Mahony, John Dwyer, William Dwyer, Michael Casey, Michael O Brien, James Coffee, James Boland, Michael Kearney, William Mullins, Michael Connors, Thomas Sweeney, and John Maher. Saunders’s News-Letter, 21 May 1823.