Download or read book Exiles from Erin written by Bob Reece and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-09-18 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1791 the "Queen" sailed from Cobh in Cork with the first cargo of Irish convicts destined for New South Wales. During the next 76 years, Ireland supplied 40,000 of all the convicts transported to Australia. This book looks at what happened to these exiles.