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Henry James O'Farrell, author of the assassination attempt on Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 1868

By
Montagu Scott
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a128203 / P1/1258]
(Mitchell Library)

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Assassination attempt on Prince Alfred 1868
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O'Farrell, Henry James

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Scott, Montagu

State Library of New South Wales

Irish in Sydney from First Fleet to Federation

A large part of Sydney's European community from its earliest days, the Irish helped shape the colony and its cultural and religious institutions. While many Irish immigrants, both convict and free, prospered and flourished in Sydney throughout the nineteenth century, they rarely forgot their homeland and its struggles, and remained a community which never thought of England as 'home'.

Crime

Irish

Political crimes and offenses

Assassination attempt on Prince Alfred 1868

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Crime committed by Henry O'Farrell on 12 March 1868, when he shot and injured the visiting prince at the Clontarf picnic grounds during a function.

O'Farrell, Henry James

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Irish republican who shot and wounded the Duke of Edinburgh and was hanged for attempted murder.