Petition of Mary Neill, Castledermot, County Kildare, seeking permission for herself and family to accompany her husband who is facing transportation

Petition of Mary Neill, Castledermot, County Kildare, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, seeking permission for herself and family of 6 children to depart for the overseas colony to which her husband is being banished [likely New South Wales in Australia]. Contends her husband Peter Neill, a labourer of Moone in County Kildare, has been ‘innocently led into crime’. At present, she observes, he is being held at Maryborough [Portlaoise], Queen’s County [County Laois; Leix], awaiting transportation. 1 item; 3pp

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Original source name : Petition of Mary Neill, Castledermot, County Kildare, seeking permission for herself and family to accompany her husband who is facing transportation
English translation : Petition of Mary Neill, Castledermot, County Kildare, seeking permission for herself and family to accompany her husband who is facing transportation
Creator : Administration
Document- type 1 : correspondence
Reference number : CSO/RP/1825/1157
Language(s) : English
Geographical coverage : Ireland, Australia
Year(s) : 13 Sep 1825
Theme 1 : family
Theme 2 : legal

Archive name : An Chartlann Náisiúnta
Archive name (English) : National Archives
Archive address : Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland D08 DF123
City : Dublin
Country : Ireland
Official website and institutional resources : http://nationalarchives.ie
Finding aid(s) : https://csorp.nationalarchives.ie/context/index.html

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