Thomas McCarthy Fennell
Thomas McCarthy Fennell | |
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Thomas McCarthy Fennell, Mountjoy Prison, 1866 | |
| Born | 22 December 1841 County Clare, Ireland |
| Died | 23 February 1914 (aged 72) Elmira, New York, USA |
| Spouse | Margaret Collins (m.1874–1914; his death) |
| Children | 4 |
Thomas McCarthy Fennell (22 December 1841 – 23 February 1914) was a Fenian political prisoner transported as a convict to colonial 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.