Author: Lisa Jacobs (Lisa Jacobs)

Aboard the Hougoumont, Fenians Mahony, Flood, Duggan, O’Reilly, Cody, Casey, Noonan and Cashman met to discuss starting a newspaper.

Hougoumont departs Portland, England, bound for Fremantle, WA. Captained by William Cozens. On board are 108 passengers and 280 convicts, including 62 Fenians (45 civilians and 17 military).

John Golden arrested at Queenstown (Cobh), Co. Cork.

Was the Fenian Rising in Ireland.

Dennis Bambrick Cashman was sentenced at Dublin to seven years penal servitude.

Was the failed Fenians ‘uprising’ in Ireland.

Seven editions of the The Wild Goose newspaper were published.

John Boyle O’Reilly was sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment and further commuted to 20 years penal servitude.

John Boyle O’Reilly was arrested at Island Bridge Barracks.

John Sarsfield Casey (Galtee Boy) was sentenced to five years penal servitude for treason-felony.