Title: The Connerys
First published: 1994
Description: This is the story of Patrick, James and John Connery, rebels against agrarian practices in County Waterford in the early 1830's. Their arrests, trials & escapes from jail made them folk heroes, but they finally were transported as convicts to New South Wales (James in 1835; Patrick and John in 1838). Their story covers eighty years and embraces the histories of both Ireland and New South Wales.
Subjects: Biography, History, Irish, Brothers, Farmers, Revolutionaries, Nationalism
Places: Ireland, Waterford (County), Australia, Waterford (Ireland : County)
People: John Connery (1808-1851), Patrick Connery (1797-1880), James Connery (1806-1857)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: DA990.W3 K54 1994