A large Irish nationalist demonstration took place in the northern English industrial city of Manchester in honor of the three Fenians executed two days before for the September 1867 murder of a local policeman. Police estimated several thousand marchers in the street. Meanwhile, in Ireland on the same day, at Cork, a similar large parade took place mourning the three men. The funeral of the men, dubbed the "Manchester Martyrs," took place in Dublin a week later with the largest crowds of all. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Chronicle of Remarkable Occurences in 1867", The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1867 (London: F. & J. Rivington, 1868), 163-166.
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