In 1834 Patrick Sullivan from 
Lisdeen, Kilkee was
sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia for manslaughter.
On arrival he was assigned to farms in New South Wales. In 1842 he was
granted a Certificate of Freedom and married Margaret Ward from the Parish
of Clontuskert, Co. Galway the following year. Patrick and Margaret had
ten children and farmed in New South Wales. The Sullivan family’s
story, given here, is an extract from Sandra Finn’s book –
‘Past Times: Dorothy Rose Crowley née Turner’. Dorothy
was a great-granddaughter of Patrick and Margaret Sullivan and the author’s
mother.
The Family of Patrick
Sullivan and Margaret Ward (PDF)
