Patrick Hanrahan was sentenced in Loughrea in 1801 and sentenced to transportation for life to NSW. He arrived here on Atlas 2 30th Oct 1802. As many on Atlas were United irishmen, many assume that he was also. But Con Costello in his book Botany Bay" says that he and two brothers were convicted of murder and that the two brothers were hanged and Pat transported. Unfortunately, there is no specific reference for this. I tried to contact Costello but that was just before he died. But the Captain of the Atlas said that there were no hardened criminals on the ship.
Nothing more is known about him in Ireland. and I just assume that he was from Galway.He would appear to have been well educated as indicated by the hand writing in a diary that he kept. He was obviously very interested in horses and kept quite detailed records of those he bred. In 1816 he was granted a Conditional Pardon for his work on the convict gang which built the road over the Blue Mountains.There is an interesting old photo of a house in Ireland which is not unlike Meelik House on the landed estates database.
He married twice in NSW 1 Euphemia Young ch- Willim Henry, Patrick, Denis, John James.
2 Catherine Hogan - ch Michael, Philip, Mary Ann, Margaret, Ann, Bridge, Sarah
