On 1 Nov 2000, Heather McKeon wrote: "Hi. I am trying to find information on my husbands family all we have is. James McKeon convict transported to Tasmania 1846 and on his papers is stated Native Place Longford Ireland." McKeown is a well-known Longford name. Seán McKeown (MacEóin in Gaelic) was a well known Irish politician and Minister for Defence. He stood against DeValera for the Presidency in the nineteen-fifties. He was from Ballinalee near Granard, Co Longford. Richard Callanan, London, England.