CATHERINE AHERN
1792-1860
Born: Carlow, Kerry, Dublin, IRELAND
Died: Kangaloola or Binda, King County, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
1792-1860
Born: Carlow, Kerry, Dublin, IRELAND
Died: Kangaloola or Binda, King County, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#000000">More was transported to Van Deimens Land to pine their young lives away in starvation and misery among tyrants worse than the promised Hell itself. All of true blood, bone and beauty, that was not murdered on their own soil, or had fled to America or other countries to bloom again another day were doomed to Port MacQuarie, Toongabbie, Norfolk Island and Emu Plains, and in those places of tyranny and condemnation, many a blooming Irishman, rather then subdue to the Saxon yoke, were flogged to death and bravely died in servile chains, but true to the shamrock and a credit to Paddy's Land.</font></p>