Following the failure of the 1848 (Young Ireland) Rising in Ballingarry, County Tipperary, the Irish patriot William Smith O’Brien was convicted of treason and sentenced to death. A petition was collected to gain clemency for the rebel leader. As a consequence, his sentence was commuted to life-long penal servitude in Australia. He served five years in Tasmania, and was then released on condition that he did not return to Ireland. Two years later, he was pardoned and returned to Ireland.
The petition was collected in the winter of 1848/49 and comprised 166 separate petitions with a total of approx. 80,000 signatures. The document was sent to the Earl of Clarendon (Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland). The petition is now held in the National Archives, reference CRF 1848 0 16/2; the component petitions are referenced 16/2/001 to 16/2/166 inclusive.
A searchable CD was compiled and edited by Ruth Lawler, and published by Eneclann Ltd. as Irish Records Index Vol. 2 "The 1848 Petitions" (2001). We are grateful to Eneclann for permission to copy the following transcripts from the CD. In view of the bulk and fragility of the petitions, the transcripts were not checked against the original document.
Mathew Flannery
Tulla, County Clare
[CRF 0 16/2/029, Page 3]
Thos. Flannory
Tulla, County Clare
[CRF 0 16/2/029, Page 3]
Thomas Flanary
Tulla, County Clare
[CRF 0 16/2/033, Page 2]
Daniel Flannery
Thomas Street, Dublin City
[CRF 0 16/2/051 Part 1, Page 175]
Daniel O’Connell Flannery
Thomas Street, Dublin City
signed at St. Michael & John Church
[CRF 0 16/2/051 Part 1, Page 294]
M. Flannery (Prof.)
All Hallows
signed at Meath Street Catholic Church
[CRF 0 16/2/051 Part 1, Page 525]
Thomas Flannery
15 Gregs Lane, Dublin City
signed at Denmark Street Chapel
[CRF 0 16/2/051 Part 1, Page 687]
George Flannery
29 Essex Quay, Dublin City
[CRF 0 16/2/051 Part 2, Page 11]
Thomas Flannery
Parkgate Street, Dublin City
[CRF 0 16/2/051 Part 2, Page 30]
Andrew Flanarey
Plunket Street, Dublin City
[CRF 0 16/2/057, Page 2]
P. Flannery
Limerick and its vicinity
October 1848
[CRF 0 16/2/081, Page 9]
Mathew Flannelly
Burrishoole Parish and Barony, County Mayo
16th October 1848
[CRF 0 16/2/100, Page 3]
James Flannery
Eglish, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/120, Page 3]
John Flannery (shopkeeper)
Nenagh and vicinity, County Tipperary
25th October 1848
[CRF 0 16/2/121, Page 3]
Michael Flannery
Nenagh and vicinity, County Tipperary
25th October 1848
[CRF 0 16/2/121, Page 3]
John Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 7]
Dennis Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 11]
John Flanery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 11]
Fill Flanery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 12]
Michael Flanery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 12]
Martin Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 15]
John Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 16v]
John Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 17v]
William Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 18]
John Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 20]
Patt. Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 21]
Patt. Flannery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/129, Page 21v]
John Flannrey
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 5]
Pat Flannery
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 5, twice]
Edward Flanery
Nenagh, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 6]
Martin Flannery
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 6, twice]
David Flannery
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 7]
Ned Flannery
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 7]
William Flannery
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 8]
Dan Flannery
Monsea, County Tipperary
[CRF 0 16/2/135, Page 8]
John Flanerey
Manchester, England
[CRF 0 16/2/165, Page 8]