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Thread #53231 Message #821450
Posted By: IanC
08-Nov-02 - 10:37 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Lay Him Away on the Hillside
Subject: RE: Origins: Lay Him Away on the Hillside
Tim
Looks like it was a bloodless protest, though it spread to other local barracks. 14 were sentenced to death, but all but James Daly had the sentences commuted to imprisonment. It was the last time the death penalty was used by the British Army.
Useful article in this "Old Galway" page from the Galway Advertiser.