| This petition, signed by over 80,000 people from every part of Ireland and from Liverpool, Manchester, and other parts of England, between 1848 and 1849, is a unique historical and genealogical source from the period of the Famine. Following the failure of the 1848 rising, OBrien was sentenced to death, and this petition was collected to gain clemency for the rebel leader. As a consequence his sentence was commuted and OBrien was transported to Australia for life. Ruth Lawler has compiled and edited this petition for publication to enable all researchers to access this important, yet unknown, source. Eneclann is committed to bringing new and rare historical records to public attention as well as easing access to all genealogical sources in Ireland. Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, SE, ME, 2000, XP or higher. Minimum IBM compatible Pentium 90Mhz with 16MB RAM - United States - Ireland - |
