Alongside English convicts , they were used to build the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island .
Irish prisoners were again sent to Bermuda in the 19th century , including participants in the ill - fated Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 and Nationalist journalist and politician John Mitchel .
Alongside English convicts , prisoners were used to build the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island .
Irish prisoners were again sent to Bermuda in the 19th century , including participants in the ill - fated Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 and Nationalist journalist and politician John Mitchel .