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I wrote a recent article on the "Irish Nine" ---the nine men condemned to the Australian penal colonies for treason in Ireland. All nine of them later rose to positions of importance in both Austalia and America.
I have had several descendants of those nine contact me re. any further details I have. If anyone has read the article and can add more information,I'd appreciate an email or a post here so I can pass on those new details. Many thanks

Tony, I read your article on "Irish Nine" and was very impressed. Wow! What a story! And how brave of those men to stand up for what they believed in. Cheers to them all - and cheers to you for bringing this to our attention. I raise my mug to you! Thank you.

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Charles Gavan Duffy (1816 - 1903): Became Member of Parliament for New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland in 1852. He emigrated to Australia in 1855, becoming a moderately liberal Premier of Victoria, Australia in 1871. Knighted in 1873 he also became Speaker of the Australian Assembly in 1877. One of his sons, John Gavan Duffy, was a Victorian politician between 1874 and 1904. Another, Frank Gavan Duffy, was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1931 - 1935. Yet another son, George Gavan Duffy (born 1882) was an Irish politician and later (from 1936) a judge of the Irish High Court, becoming its President from 1946 until his death in 1951....

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Story of John Mitchell- with pictures- BellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!

Terrence McManus-- here is a link there isnt much on himBellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!