| Author | : Ross Patrick |
| File Size | : 52,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : University of Queensland Press(Australia) |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 22 June 1989 |
| ISBN | : UVA:X001711402 |
| Pages | : 340 pages |
Exiles Undaunted by Ross Patrick Book PDF Summary
Kevin O'Doherty (1823-1905) and his wife, Eva Kelly (1830-1910) were of Irish Catholic heritage. As an Irish nationalist poet, Eva became known as "Eva of the Nation" after the Irish paper, "Nation." Kevin was charged with treason after the Irish uprising of 1848 and exiled to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1855 he secretly returned to Ireland to marry Eva Kelly. In 1856 he received a full pardon from the British government and he graduated in medicine a year later. In 1860 the O'Dohertys migrated to Australia where they played a prominent roll in civic and political affairs. Their descendents still reside in Australia.