Mingling of Swans - A Cork Fenian and Friends ''Visit'' Australia

Klappentext A Mingling of Swans is the previously unpublished account of the author's time as a Fenian prisoner in Australia. It includes his experiences as a convict on roadwork parties! as well as his correspondence! and some articles on his impressions of Western Australia. Casey protrays with humor and determination the harsh conditions endured by Fenian prisoners. Zusammenfassung Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other Fenians captured in the abortive 1867 Rising. This title includes Casey's account of his experiences as a convict on roadwork parties! as well as correspondence by Casey and other Fenians.

Product details

• Authors: John Sarsfield Casey, John Sarsfield
• Assisted by: Mary Casey (Editor), Mairead Maume (Editor), Patrick Maume (Editor)
• Publisher: University College of Dublin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2010
• EAN: 9781906359003
• ISBN: 978-1-906359-00-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Classics of Irish History; Classics of Irish History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories