The Manchester martyrs /

O'Neill, Joseph, -1953,

The Manchester martyrs / Joseph O'Neill. - Cork : Mercier Press, [2012] - 320 pages : illustrations (black and white) 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The execution of the Manchester Martyrs is one of the most significant incidents of the struggle for Irish independence before the 1916 Rising. Following the audacious rescue of two Fenian leaders, during which a policeman was killed, the police arrested a number of suspects who were charged with murder. Some were acquitted, but three Irish members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood who lived in the area and had taken part in the rescue, William Allen, Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien, were sentenced to death, earning them the epithet of 'the Manchester Martyrs'. Joseph O'Neill relates the sensational story of these men, their part in the rescue, their trial and the international reaction to their public execution

9781856359511 £12.50 9781856359511


Allen, William Philip, -1867
Larkin, Michael, -1867
O'Brien, Michael, -1867


Fenians.
Executions and executioners--History--England--Manchester--19th century
Fenians--Biography
Irish--History--England--Manchester--19th century
Police murders--History--England--Manchester--19th century
History.
Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899
European history
History


Manchester (England)--History