Hello Don I agree that Christina's work on the Clare List and on facebook is very much appreciated. There are 2 applications to marry for a Bridget McInerney from the "Earl Grey", as follows who could be your Bridget. http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=5 Search Criteria: Surname="mcinerney", Given Name="bridget " Number of Search Results: 2 (1 Pages) Family Name (1) Given Names (1) Ship or Free (1) Family Name (2) Given Names (2) Ship or Free (2) Date CON Ref(s) RGD Ref(s) McINERNEY Bridget Earl Grey LOVELL John free 08 APR 1851 CON52/1/3 p279 CON52/1/4 McINERNEY Bridget Earl Grey KING William free 15 JUL 1851 CON52/1/3 p264 CON52/1/4 RGD37/10 : 1851/93 RGD37/10 : 1851/93 Hope these help. Joan in Constitution Hill, NSW G'day All, and Thanks Christina Hunt for this opportunity and too for being such an astute IRL-CLARE list administrator, your work is very much appreciated... My, Our Family's quest for many a year has been a cailín by the name of Bridget MCINERNEY Our Bridget, at an age of 23, whilst living with her nearest relative, a brother named Michael, was tried in court in County Clare Ireland for the crime of stealing a cow, which was alleged to be either exchanged or sold for a candle-stick from an un-named person, her court hearing was on June 16 1849, and she was sentenced to 7 years incarceration in Tasmania. Our Bridget was transported on the ship Earl Grey, departing Dublin, December 17 1849 with 236 other women convicts and 76 children for the 143 day voyage to Hobart in Tasmania, embarking on May 9 1850. Once arriving it is presumed she was placed into the Cascades Female Factory to await selection by settlers and free persons to serve out her time as quite possibly a servant. Hobart was a rugged place in those days, indeed there were 48 breweries alone in town, a coastal and important Port of the antipodes reached mainly by sea they had many boat-builders and many ship wrecks. Sadly that is all the information I can provide, after years of researching there's not any scant bit of information left that I can research, the pot is bare... Ggrrrr I'm hoping someone else might be researching this specific McInerney family [I think searching for Smith's might have been more rewarding - LOL!!] quite possibly a bloke called Michael McInerney who had a sister Bridget, who was transported to AU ??? Best Wishes All, thanks for reading my quest details... Don Johnston in Melbourne AU