To Hell or to Hobart

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Brief overview of Irish history and a more detailed account of conditions in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century. The central focus of the book is on the experiences of the author’s great-grandparents both in Ireland and, after transportation, in Tasmania. Includes references, statistics for the convict ship ‘Constant’, a bibliography and an index.
The story of two Irish convicts (Stephen Howard of Limerick and Ellen Lydon of North Galway) transported to Tasmania where they were married in 1854. Describes in great detail the conditions in which they lived in Ireland, (It describes their living conditions at the time of Ireland’s Great Famine) at their trials, en route to Van Diemen’s Land, as convicts and as pardoned convicts making a new life for themselves in their new homeland. The final chapter charts the fortune of their family in the Tasmanian west coast mining industry.

199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (Name on prelims, light crease to cover.) Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-193) and index. Prisoners — Ireland — History. | Prisoners — Tasmania — Hobart — History. | Penal colonies — Tasmania — History. #260822
Convicts