Memorial from Catherine, Ellen and Michael Dempsey [County Clare], requesting free passage to New South Wales in Australia

Letter from Sir Edward O’Brien, MP for County Clare, Dromoland Castle, Newmarket on Fergus, County Clare, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, enclosing memorial from Catherine, Ellen and Michael Dempsey [children of Paul Dempsey], to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting grant of free passage to New South Wales in Australia. They request permission to travel to that place to be with their father who was convicted of currency forgery and sentenced to transportation in 1820. 2 items; 5pp