A Rebel Hand: Nicholas Delaney of 1798: from Ireland to Australia.
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• The story of Nicholas Delaney, convict, roadbuilder, farmer, father

• Nicholas in Wicklow Gaol
• The terrible journey to Australia
• Nicholas in New South Wales
• The authors
• Our descent from Nicholas
• Delaney diary dates
• Contacts
• Latest news
• Press reviews and feedback from readers

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Contacts: How to contact BANNER to find out more about 'A Rebel Hand'; buy direct; pass on comments and suggestions; tell your own Delaney stories
 A Rebel Hand: Find out more about the book and how to order it direct
 The authors: Patricia and Frances Owen
 Extracts from 'A Rebel Hand': Some passages from the book
 More extracts: Further passages from 'A Rebel Hand', with an image of Wicklow Gaol
 Yet more extracts: this time with images of Moyne Farm and Nicholas's gravestone
 Nicholas's descendants: Just a few of us! Including the authors' family
 Latest news: about the book and the authors
 Feedback: Comments from readers of 'A Rebel Hand'
 Doras: The guide to all things Irish on the Web
 Journeys in Time: the journals of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie: A most informative site for early Australian history. No mention of Nicholas, though!
 Infosite Ireland: 'The complete guide to Ireland'
 Conemara Enterprises: Website developers and search engine specialists, tailored to smaller corporations
 Dungarvan Museum Society 1798 page: Dungarvan Museum Society's new web pages dedicated to local 1798 history
 Wicklow Historic Gaol: The search for Nicholas Delaney's Irish background started for us in this building. He lay here in gaol awaiting transportation to Australia. An important resource
 The 1798 Centre in Enniscorthy: The definitive 1798 Centre is in Enniscorthy in Co Wexford; this is their website. Well worth a visit (in real life as well!)

A REBEL HAND

NICHOLAS DELANEY OF 1798:

FROM IRELAND TO AUSTRALIA

A new biography of this Irish rebel and convict

by two of his descendants,

PATRICIA AND FRANCES OWEN

Who was Nicholas?

As a young man living on the borders of Ireland's Counties Wicklow and Wexford, Nicholas was caught up in the violent events of the Rebellion of 1798. After the rebels were defeated, he was tried and convicted of murder on the word of a notorious informer. Sentenced to death, he was reprieved and sent as a convict to Australia. His Government road gang built some of Australia's oldest roads. Later he married and became a farmer and innkeeper, one of the first to settle west of the Blue Mountains.

This book tells the story of Nicholas's eventful life against the background of rebellion in Ireland, the suffering of convicts in Australia and the forging of a new country. It is a tale which has captivated genealogists and historians in Ireland, Australia, the UK and America. Now, for the first time, it is available in an illustrated paperback from BANNER, ISBN 0 9533418 0 1.

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