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    The Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool, and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their...
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    The Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris. It is based on the 1964...
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  • James McParland, using the alias "James McKenna", infiltrated the Molly Maguires, a 19th-century secret society of mainly Irish-American coal miners...
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    dismantle an organization of activist Pennsylvania coal miners called the Molly Maguires. During the 1870s, miners in the region of the anthracite mines lived...
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    Legend; as an Irish Catholic coal miner and one of the Molly Maguires in the 1970 film The Molly Maguires; as a corrupt gambler in Farewell, My Lovely; as the...
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    June 21, 1877) was a tavern owner, who, with three other convicted Molly Maguires, was hanged for the murders of two mine operatives. Campbell proclaimed...
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    (1860), the doctor's office (1874), and the Sharpe House (1861). The Molly Maguires, a 1970 film, was filmed in Eckley in 1969. The wooden "coal breaker"...
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  • Look up Molly, molly, Mollie, mollie, or mollies in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Molly, Mollie or mollies may refer to: Any of the fish in the Mollienesia...
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    Many of the Molly Maguires' leaders were hung in 1877, ending their crimes. Legends say that a number of descendants of the Molly Maguires still lived...
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    century, Carbon County was the location of trials and executions of the Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society that had been accused of terrorizing the region...
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    as Emma Fairfax in Doctor Dolittle (1967) and the American drama The Molly Maguires (1970). In the early 1970s Eggar moved to the United States and Canada...
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  • later exonerated Maguire University, fictitious college invented in 1963 by a group of Chicago high school basketball coaches Molly Maguires, Irish secret...
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    Hatari! – which included the "Baby Elephant Walk"), Martin Ritt (The Molly Maguires), Vittorio de Sica (Sunflower), Norman Jewison (Gaily, Gaily), Paul...
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    coal mining area of Pennsylvania allegedly had a background with the Molly Maguires. It became an important focus of Irish American political activity....
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    Limerick, McCourt appeared in several films and soap operas, including The Molly Maguires, Brewster's Millions (1985), and Another World. He also wrote three...
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    Templi Orientis Defenders Hellfire Club Irish Republican Brotherhood Molly Maguires Royal Arch Purple Whiteboys Carbonari Fascio Operaio Knights of the...
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  • Menagerie as Laura opposite Helen Hayes. Heflin's film debut came in The Molly Maguires (1970), as she portrayed the wife of a leader of that Irish secret society...
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    also was the geographic center hub for the Molly Maguires. One murder commonly attributed to the Mollies was that of town policeman Benjamin Yost, who...
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    production; the area was embroiled in the Molly Maguires incidents. In 2010, the borough erected the Molly Maguire Historic Park, which features a Zenos Frudakis...
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  • (Ireland) Molly Maguires (Irish-American rural unrest) Peep O'Day Boys Ribbonism Rightboys Kenny, Keven (1998) Making Sense of the Molly Maguires (New York...
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  • Victoria, Australia 21 June 1877 execution of 10 suspected leaders of the "Molly Maguires" 8 November 1901 (21 November in the Gregorian calendar), the climax...
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    early 20th century. Several residents of Tuscarora were involved in the Molly Maguires, trials of the late 1870s, including Martin Bergen, hanged at Pottsville...
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    novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in...
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    1968 Shalako Shalako 1969 The Red Tent Dr. Roald Amundsen 1970 The Molly Maguires Jack Kehoe 1971 The Anderson Tapes Duke Anderson Diamonds Are Forever...
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    with the undercover infiltration and subsequent court prosecutions of Molly Maguires, mine workers, saloonkeepers and low-level local political figures who...
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    standby; and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966). His film credits included The Molly Maguires (1970), Black Caesar (1973), The Last American Hero (1973), Bucktown...
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  • tales of the Molly Maguires were invented by the Pinkertons to justify repression in the anthracite coal fields. Many suspected Mollies maintained their...
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    Newman, M.D. Her feature film credits include A Rage to Live (1965); The Molly Maguires (1970), with Sean Connery; Dr. Cook's Garden (1971); Old Boyfriends...
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    in the film, and Muenz also took the show on tour nationwide. In The Molly Maguires (1970), he played James McParland, the detective who infiltrates the...
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  • television show Forensic Files John "Black Jack" Kehoe, one of the Molly Maguires who was convicted of murder in 1877, pardoned in 1979 Jack Kehoe (1934–2020)...
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