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Voyage
Transportation
John Whelan was transported on the Mariner, departing 19th Jan 1827 and arriving 23rd May 1827 with 161 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
John Whelan was next indicted for stealing three sheep, the property of several persons, at Tullagreen, on the 3d of June. The sheep were stolen from the land of the prosecutor’s, and found afterwards in the possession of Peter Began, butcher, who had bought them from the prisoner, tor twenty-one shillings— Guilty —To be transported for life. Cork Constitution, 3 Aug 1826.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Whelan, age on arrival, 38, per Mariner (30 1827, Tried Cork, 1826, Life for Stealing sheep. DOB, 1789, Native place, Waterford. Single. Sailor Royal Navy. Protestant.