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    The Manchester Martyrs (Irish: Mairtirígh Mhanchain) were three Irish nationalists – William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien – who were...
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  • To commemorate the 1967 centenary of the execution of the Manchester Martyrs, the Manchester Connolly Association commissioned Dooley to produce a memorial...
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    heroism in the face of difficult circumstances. Martyrs play significant roles in religions. Similarly, martyrs have had notable effects in secular life, including...
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    Timothy Deasy in September 1867 resulted in the execution of the Manchester Martyrs. Kelly escaped to USA and remained associated with the IRB. Late in...
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    Ireland, but arrived too late to be of any use in the Rising. Three Manchester Martyrs of 1867; at right is Michael O'Brien a former Corporal of Battery...
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  • "God Save Ireland" is an Irish rebel song celebrating the Manchester Martyrs, three Fenians executed in 1867. It served as an unofficial anthem for Irish...
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    international profile of the city. Manchester has a history of attacks attributed to Irish Republicans, including the Manchester Martyrs of 1867, arson in 1920,...
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    and an attack on a prison van in Manchester, for which three Fenians, subsequently known as the Manchester martyrs, were executed in November 1867. The...
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    Charles Brett (police officer) (category Terrorist incidents in Manchester)
    O’Brien, were executed - the last people in Manchester to be - and became known as the Manchester Martyrs amongst Irish nationalists; they had taken part...
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    government Manchester Martyrs – cenotaph honouring 3 members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood known in history as the Manchester Martyrs who were in...
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    into the Manchester Martyrs case, in which O'Meagher Condon himself was one of the five main defendants. For his role in the attempted Manchester rescue...
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    shot in the police van [Manchester Martyrs incident] had achieved." Parnell also attributed the explosion and the Manchester Martyrs incident as leading to...
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    patriots, Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, who are collectively known as the Manchester Martyrs. The Maid of Erin is a freestanding monument; erected in 1907, it...
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    to the southwest of the building to commemorate the lives of the Manchester Martyrs. These were three Irish nationalists – William Philip Allen, Michael...
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  • written by Thomas Moore. "The Manchester Martyrs" – also called "The Smashing of the Van", song about the Manchester Martyrs "McCafferty" – a broadside ballad...
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    success of the early 20th century. The three are remembered as the Manchester Martyrs. Deasy finally returned home to Lawrence by 1870, having effectively...
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    shot in the police van [Manchester Martyrs incident] had achieved." Parnell also attributed the explosion and the Manchester Martyrs incident as leading to...
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  • Physical force Irish republicanism Irish in the American Civil War Manchester Martyrs Cuba Five New Departure Irish Race Conventions Obstructionism Fenian...
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    Road, London. List of Irish uprisings Fenian Rising Fenian raids Manchester Martyrs and Cuba Five S-Plan - a bombing campaign in England by the Irish...
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    Carthusians to die as a martyr. As one of the Carthusian Martyrs of London he is among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Born around 1487, Houghton was...
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  • Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops. 1867 – The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing...
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    Trauma: Experience, Emotions, and the Children of the 1916 Easter Rising Martyrs". Journal of British Studies. 62 (3): 687–712. doi:10.1017/jbr.2023.46...
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    Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien, who became known as the Manchester Martyrs. The three Fenians had been found guilty of the murder of a police...
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  • 7 8 "Smashing of the Van" 2:09 1867 Refers to the Manchester Martyrs who were hanged in Manchester for shooting a policeman while rescuing two Irish republicans...
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    writing to political figures during her childhood. The hanging of the "Manchester Martyrs" when she was twelve, for example, horrified her and shaped her lifelong...
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  • scandal in London society by raising money towards the defence of the Manchester Martyrs, writing to all three men while they were in prison and sending a...
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