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Thomas McCarthy Fennell

Fenian political prisoner

Died when: 72 years 63 days (866 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Thomas McCarthy Fennell

Thomas McCarthy Fennell (22 December 1841 – 23 February 1914) was a Fenian political prisoner transported as a convict to Western Australia.Born in County Clare, Ireland in 1841, Fennell was just four years old when the Great Famine struck.

Nonetheless he received a good education, attending either a Catholic school or a national school, and he learned to speak Irish at home.


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