Botany Bay the story of the convicts transported from Ireland to Australia 1791-1853

Around 45,000 Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1791 and 1853. Most of them were transported in the 212 convict ships which sailed mainly from Dublin or Cork. In Botany Bay, Con Costello provides some of the background to the story of these Irish convicts - what were the conditions in Ireland at the time, trial of prisoners, imprisonment and transportation and what the convicts could expect in their new land. My special interest is in the convicts involved in the 1798 uprising in Ireland which is covered in chapter 2.