Petition by Catherine O’Donnell née King, Castlebar, County Mayo, asking about obtaining a passage to Sydney, New South Wales, [Australia] with her children, in order to join her husband Edmund

Petition by Catherine O’Donnell née King, Castlebar, County Mayo, to Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Northumberland, [Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin], asking about obtaining a passage to Sydney, New South Wales, [Australia] with her children, in order to join her husband Edmund. Copying a letter from him, referring to his petition and expecting her soon, also referring to Tom Feeney’s wife, Ballindine, [County Mayo] and John Foy’s wife, [Freewalla], also expected to come, and to his co-convict Wally Hughes. Petition is endorsed by George Hart, Curate of Castlebar, a magistrate [name illegible], and Sinclair O’Malley, also magistrate, [Castlebar]. 1 item; 4pp