Turtle, Mick has it about right but as usual such matters were not cut and dried. Have a look at this informative official site - http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/convicts-and-the-british-colonies [1]. As you have to expect, ''British Convicts" includes the 24% who were Irish. It has become a badge of honour in Australia to uncover convict ancestry. Mine relates to my mother's Scottish highlands ggggrandfather who, by common consent, was falsely accused by a neighbour that stood to gain by his removal. But all worked out well, for me, when his great grandson married a Dublin born wife whose mother came from Co Carlow. To further round out but one of the range of possibilities that made up Australia, my father's paternal ancestor came from East Yorkshire and became a military surgeon, met and married a lass from Co Mayo while deployed to Ireland and had their first son in Dublin. Later children were born near Portsmouth while he was engaged in the Peninsula campaigns. That son, following the military tradition, married a Welsh minister's daughter while on station in Mauritius and later, after having been stationed in Ireland, commanded a troop in charge of a convict ship to Hobart Town in 1845. On board were his wife and (then) 5 children. They, as with so many, liked what they saw and decided to stay. A son of their Sydney born 9th child, late in his life, married a daughter of a family that had emigrated from Co Armagh. Their son, my father, with an English patrimony but already more than half Irish, married a daughter of the Dublin born, half Carlow, lass above. And so the circle was squared. Bill On Wed 20/06/12 3:40 AM , michael purcell [email protected] sent: I guess no one told the Carlow Magistrates about non-acceptance of "transported convicts" in Australia as they continued to sentence the convicted to Transportation and Transported them up to the 1850s !...... On 19 June 2012 18:30, Turtle Bunbury (History) [email protected] [2]>wrote: > Hi Mick, > As (I think) the Australian colonies were no longer really accepting > convicts by 1849, do you know where Messrs. Nolan, Lucas and Kehoe would > most likely have been despatched for their seven years of servitude? > TB > > > Turtle Bunbury > > www.turtlebunbury.com [3] > > Old Fort, Tobinstown, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Ireland > Mob: + 353 - (0) 87 - 6453 486 Skype: turtle1847 > www.facebook.com/turtle.bunbury [4] > > > On 19 Jun 2012, at 18:12, michael purcell wrote: > > > *The Carlow Sentinel.* > > *June 23rd 1849.* > > *LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.* > > *CARLOW QUARTER SESSIONS.* > > *The sessions for the division of Carlow were opened on Monday last, by > > Henry Hutton, Esquire, Assistant Barrister.* > > *His worship was assisted in the criminal business by Charles H.Tuckey, > > Resident Magistrate, Henry Watters, Samuel Elliott and Thomas Haughton, > > Esquires.* > > *CRIMINAL BUSINESS.* > > *The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : * > > *Major McMahon, foreman : Thomas Dowse, Richard McMullen, Geroge William > > Anderson, Edward M. Fitzgerald, Stanley Johnson, John Cummins, Richard > > Dunne, William Corrigan, John Casey, Owen Cummins, A.Coffey, James > Morris, > > John Hanlon, Henry Birkett, Garret Nolan, Robert Kenny, James Hughes, > James > > Watson and Robert Lawlor.* > > *CONVICTION OF THREE SHEEP STEALERS.* > > *Three men, named James Nolan, Patrick Lucas and James Kehoe, were > indicted > > for having, on the night of the 19th of March 1849, on the lands of > Moyle, > > killed and carried away three sheep, the property of Captain William B. > > McClintock Bunbury, Esquire, M.P. * > > *~~ Mr James Smyth being sworn, proved that on finding the skins, etc., > of > > the sheep on the field, he noticed one of them, which had the tail > attached > > to it, and which exactly corresponded with one of the carcases found in > the > > police barrack at Carlow; * > > *the remaining skins and carcases also corresponded, so that he felt no > > hesitation in identifying them as the property of Captain Bunbury.* > > *Constable Coxe proved that he saw the prisoners coming in the direction > > from Moyle, about 4 o'clock on the following morning, with the carcases > of > > the sheep tied up in three bags, and that on seeing him two of the > > prisoners made off, leaving Kehoe, whom he arrested ;* > > *he afterwards arrested Nolan in his bed, and Lucas, who absconded, he > > arrested in Grantham, in England, where Lucas made a declaration of his > > guilt before the mayor of the town, and a Justice of the Peace.* > > *Mr Tuckey deposed to a declaration made by James Nolan on the morning of > > his being arrested, stating that he ( Nolan ) together with Lucas and > Kehoe > > did on the night of the 19th of March 1849, kill and take off the lands > of > > Moyle three sheep, the property of Captain Bunbury.* > > *The prisoners were found guilty and were sentenced to seven years' > > transportation.* > > *Mr Burgess appeared for Kehoe, one of the prisoners.* > > *COW-STEALING.* > > *Joseph Brennan pleaded guilty to stealing a cow, the property of Mr > Kenny > > of New Garden, Carlow. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation.* > > *TUESDAY - Second Day.* > > *Martin Purcell and a young lad named Thomas Crosby were indicted for > > taking a bag of flour from, and with assaulting a young lad named Thomas > > Byrne ; they were found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment > in > > Carlow Gaol.* Links: ------ [1] http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/convicts-and-the-british-colonies [2] mailto:[email protected] [3] https://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http://www.turtlebunbury.com [4] https://webmail-old.internode.on.net/parse.php?redirect=http://www.facebook.com%2Fturtle.bunbury