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Thread #91745   Message #1750694
Posted By: Big Tim
31-May-06 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about deportation to Australia.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about deportation to Australia.
'Transportation', rather than 'deportation', is the word generally used by historians.                        

The final transportation ship, the 'Hougoumont', sailed in 1867 and the practice was formally abolished in 1868. On board the 'Hougoument' were about 70 Irish Fenians. Numerous songs have been written about them, and by them. 'Johnny Golden' is an example.

A good account of the Fenian experience can be found in a book published by Wolfhound Press, Dublin, in 2001:

'Fenian Diary: Denis B. Cashman on board the Hougoument, with additional poems by Cashman, John Boyle O'Reilly, John Flood, and others'. Edited by Dr. C.W. Sullivan III. Very atmospheric.