Queenstown is in Ireland. It is now called Cobh. Two of the convict transports departed from Queenstown. Hyderabad (3) departed 13 Sep 1850 Rodney (2) departed 24 Sep 1851 If you do a search on Google (or other) for Queenstown +Ireland, you should find some interesting information web sites. regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-mail: meryl@tasfamily.net.au AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/