A mingling of swans : a Cork Fenian and friends 'visit' Australia /

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Author / Creator:Casey, John S. (John Sarsfield), 1846-1896.
Imprint:Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2010.
Description:317 p. ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Series:Classics of irish history
Classics of Irish history.
Subject:Casey, John S. -- (John Sarsfield), -- 1846-1896.
Casey, John S. -- (John Sarsfield), -- 1846-1896 -- Travel -- Australia -- Western Australia.
Casey, John S. -- (John Sarsfield), -- 1846-1896 -- Correspondence.
Casey, John S. -- (John Sarsfield), -- 1846-1896.
Prisoners -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography.
Exiles -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Biography.
Fenians -- Ireland -- Biography.
Exiles -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Correspondence.
Exiles.
Fenians.
Prisoners.
Travel.
Biography.
Western Australia -- Description and travel.
Western Australia.
Biography.
Records and correspondence.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8287993
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Other authors / contributors:Maume, Mairead.
ISBN:9781906359003 (pbk.)
1906359008 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other Fenians captured in the abortive 1867 Rising. This text includes Casey's unpublished account of his experiences as a convict on roadwork parties, as well as correspondence by Casey and other Fenians.
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Summary:Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other Fenians captured in the abortive 1867 Rising. "A Mingling of Swans" includes Casey's unpublished account of his experiences as a convict on roadwork parties, as well as correspondence by Casey and other Fenians, and some articles by Casey on his impressions of Western Australia which were published in Dublin separatist newspapers. Casey portrays with humour and determination the harsh conditions endured by Fenian prisoners.
Physical Description:317 p. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781906359003 (pbk.)
1906359008 (pbk.)