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Manchester martyrs
Manchester martyrs. On 18 September 1867 Thomas Kelly and Timothy Deasy, two leading Fenians, were being transported from the court‐house in Manchester to the county jail when the police van containing them was attacked. The prisoners escaped, but an unarmed police sergeant was shot dead. Twenty‐nine arrests followed, and in November five men were convicted of murder. One was subsequently pardoned and another's sentence was commuted, but three men, William O'Meara Allen, Michael Larkin, and William O'Brien, were hanged. The deaths of these ‘Manchester martyrs’ prompted a partial reconciliation between the Catholic church and Fenianism, and a groundswell of popular sympathy for the Fenian movement in Ireland.
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"Manchester martyrs." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Manchester martyrs." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Manchestermartyrs.html "Manchester martyrs." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Manchestermartyrs.html |
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Manchester martyrs
Manchester martyrs, 1867. On 18 September an attempt was made to rescue Fenian leaders Thomas Kelly and Timothy Deasy from police custody in Manchester. During the attempt, Police Sergeant Charles Brett was killed, causing strong anti-Irish feeling. Three Fenians, William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien, were executed for the murder on 23 November. There was widespread indignation in Ireland and the ‘martyrs’, as they became known, were given a public funeral attended by over 60,000 people. The incident did much to raise recruitment to the Irish Republican Brotherhood and increase distrust of the British authorities.
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JOHN CANNON. "Manchester martyrs." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Manchester martyrs." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Manchestermartyrs.html JOHN CANNON. "Manchester martyrs." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Manchestermartyrs.html |
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Manchester martyrs
Manchester martyrs, 1867. On 18 September an attempt was made to rescue Fenian leaders Thomas Kelly and Timothy Deasy from police custody in Manchester. During the attempt, Police Sergeant Charles Brett was killed, causing strong anti‐Irish feeling. Three Fenians, William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O' Brien, were executed for the murder on 23 November. There was widespread indignation in Ireland and the ‘martyrs’, as they became known, were given a public funeral attended by over 60,000 people.
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JOHN CANNON. "Manchester martyrs." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Manchester martyrs." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Manchestermartyrs.html JOHN CANNON. "Manchester martyrs." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Manchestermartyrs.html |
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