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Thread #170618   Message #4232920
Posted By: GeoffLawes
13-Dec-25 - 08:22 AM
Thread Name: Any December Songs?
Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
13 December 1867 An attempt was made to rescue the imprisoned Fenian Ricard O’Sullivan Burke by blowing a hole in the wall of the Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell London, killing 12 people and injuring 50. Michael Barrett was arrested for this and subsequently became the last man to be publicly hanged in England.
Michael Barrett (Fenian),
article from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barrett_(Fenian)

THE BALLAD OF MICHAEL BARRETT   - Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPkeJ_w6qc&list=RDkCPkeJ_w6qc&start_radio=1
The last man hanged in Ireland - the lamentation of Michael Barrett , article from IrishCentral     https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/last-hanging-ireland-michael-barrett