Con Costello's article
"The Queen Sails", published in the
"Inside Ireland" magazine, tells the story of the first convict ship from Ireland to Australia. The
"Queen" sailed just over two hundred and ten years ago. Con Costello is the author of
"Botany Bay", which tells the story of the transportation of Irish convicts to Australia 1791-1853 is available from Mercier Press, Cork.
http://www.insideireland.com/sample03.htm
