Thomas (Edward) Fitzgerald
Thomas Fitzgerald (15 or18 years?) was tried in Dublin City in March 1818 and sentenced to 7 years transportation.
The convict ship "Tyne" departed Cork 16/7/1818 carrying 180 men and arrived Port Jackson, Sydney 4/1/1819. Ships surgeon was Henry Ryan and free passengers were George and Ann Hull.
Thomas was my great great grandfather and I'm hoping to trace any of his forebears and hopefully descendants of his parents, thought to be George Fitzgerald b. 1760? at Ballycasheen, Kilkenny and mother Ellen Huggard, married at Catholic Church, Killarney on 3/9/1799. Thomas was possibly baptised same location 12/12/1801.
My wife and I will be in Dublin from 25-28th August, 2025 and then plan to hire a car for 7 days to explore, mainly around Kildare, Maynooth areas which family lore says we descended from. Would love to hear from any family connections!
