1. Denis Bambrick Cashman was an Irish political prisoner and diarist who was transported to colonial Western Australia due to Fenianism and wrote of his experiences in a diary.
11 Facts About Denis Cashman
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On 12 January 1867, Denis Cashman was arrested and was brought to trial on 19 February 1867 where he pleaded guilty to treason, he was sentenced to seven years penal servitude.
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Denis Cashman was first transported to Millibank Prison where he awaited transportation to Australia aboard Hougoumont.
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Denis Cashman was involved in the production of The Wild Goose, the onboard newspaper.
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Denis Cashman took the Central Pacific Railroad out of California and headed to Boston to meet up with his wife Catherine, his son William, and his good friend and fellow Fenian John Boyle O'Reilly.
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Denis Cashman worked as a top salesman of Donahoe's Magazine, and later as the superintendent of Waste Water Department in Boston.
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Denis Cashman was involved in the initial stages of planning the Catalpa rescue of six Fenians from Western Australia.
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Denis Cashman was the pall-bearer at O'Reilly's funeral on 13 August 1890.
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Denis Cashman died from heart disease in his Boston home on 8 January 1897.
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Denis Cashman was survived by his wife Catherine and three children.
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Denis Cashman's diary was donated to East Carolina University where Professor of English Charles Sullivan III edited it and in this form it was published in 2003.