set during the Great Irish Famine, is about a fictitious man named Michael, from near Athenry, in County Galway, who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing ...

The emotional impact the famine had on the escaping Irish was so great that they built ... and shipped off to Botany Bay in Australia. At the funeral of the murdered man, Irish railway workers ...

in order to feed his family during the Irish famine years, had been caught stealing corn. His sentence was forced deportation to Botany Bay in Australia. How a song of incarceration, longing and ...

Barbara Hall, who wrote The Irish Vanguard: The Convicts of the Queen, Ireland to Botany Bay says: “The people on this boat wouldn’t have been rebels, just urban and country criminals”.

Analysis: From soccer to rugby, Pete St John's classic is the Irish fans' song of choice ... from Lord Trevelyn during the Irish Famine and is deported to Botany Bay in Australia as punishment ...

The emotional impact the famine had on the escaping Irish was so great that they built ... and shipped off to Botany Bay in Australia. At the funeral of the murdered man, Irish railway workers ...