Tinteán Magazine

25/07/2025

The limits and expansive boundaries of Irish orphan ‘girls’ family reconstitutions....

The limits and expansive boundaries of Irish orphan ‘girls’ family reconstitutions.

23/05/2025

I thought I’d better put up some more of my family reconstitutions even if they are not as legible or as 'new' as they should be. I did a quick survey using the search box facility at the end of one of my blog posts. Entering, “Family Reconstitutions”, took me to quite a few of my earlier posts; numbers 11, 24, 31, 41, 48, 55 for example....

I thought I’d better put up some more of my family reconstitutions even if they are not as legible or as ‘new’ as they should be. I did a quick survey using the search box facility at t…

11/04/2025

Earl Grey’s Famine Orphans (106): CLEC 2 cont.
Concerning South Australian Irish workhouse orphans.

Thanks to Professor Molinari for sharing some of these Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ letters. This one is about an alleged ‘scandal’ at the Adelaide depot housing ‘Earl Grey famine or…

13/03/2025

The Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ letter regarding Margaret Gorman per “Lady Kennaway”.....

The Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners’ letter regarding Margaret Gorman per “Lady Kennaway”..

12/03/2025

Tinteán mag for March is out.
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28/12/2024

A few Irish infanticide cases in Colonial New South Wales and South Australia....

A few Irish infanticide cases in Colonial New South Wales and South Australia.

04/12/2024

I was mightily pleased to learn about the 'reformed' Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee (GIFCC)...

I was mightily pleased to learn about the ‘reformed’ Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee (GIFCC)

29/10/2024

I'd love to hear if you come across any cases where due weight is given to the mental state of the mother, where the law has recognised the hormonal mayhem that sometimes accompanies a birth, or recognised the effects of post partum blues, and how depression and anxiety can really mess with your brain....

I’d love to hear if you come across any cases where due weight is given to the mental state of the mother, where the law has recognised the hormonal mayhem that sometimes accompanies a birth,…

23/08/2024

Just a quickie... I imagine most readers climbed down their family tree towards their Irish orphan. I came the other way, up from the young saplings themselves as they arrived in Australia...starting with shipping lists, especially the magnificentally detailed NSW Board of immigration lists. I soon joined the throng looking for connections, in early Church records, and in the Registry of births, deaths and marriages....

Just a quickie… I imagine most readers climbed down their family tree towards their Irish orphan. I came the other way, up from the young saplings themselves as they arrived in Australia& #823…

17/08/2024

Readers of my previous post (100) will be aware how British authorities controlled the vessels carrying Earl Grey orphans. May i invite you to have another look at Appendix 9? Which vessels are of interest? Which voyages do you think are worth examing further? I've said something about some of these in this blog already. Use the Search box at the end of this post to see what I've said about some of them, the…...

Readers of my previous post (100) will be aware how British authorities controlled the vessels carrying Earl Grey orphans. May i invite you to have another look at Appendix 9? Which vessels are of …

27/07/2024

EXtracts from the 10th annual report of the CLEC. includes 'Preserving order and cleanliness on Govt.ships', and reports on each ship 1847-50...

EXtracts from the 10th annual report of the CLEC. includes ‘Preserving order and cleanliness on Govt.ships’, and reports on each ship 1847-50

18/07/2024

The content discusses the Earl Grey 'scheme' and the role of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners (CLEC) in London. It references a document from the Irish Archives (CSORP 1849 0 6808) and the tenth Annual Report of the CLEC from 1850. Professor Peter Gray of Queen’s University Belfast facilitated online access to British Parliamentary papers....

The content discusses the Earl Grey ‘scheme’ and the role of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners (CLEC) in London. It references a document from the Irish Archives (CSORP 184…