Cenotaph of the Manchester Martyrs
We are all familiar with the story of the noble-hearted three, who perished on the scaffold, at Salford Jail, on Saturday, 23rd November, 1867.
The Irish people showed their love and respect for the
brave men
who faced the wrath of England to rescue
their brother
Fenians from her grasp, in the famous
rescue from the
prison van, of Colonel Kelly and Capt.
Deasy, on the
18th September, 1867. When
the news
of their execution reached Ireland, solemn funeral processions
were held, and three coffinless hearses proceeded
to Glasnevin
Cemetery, followed by 60,000 mourners.
Allen was a
native of Tipperary, O'Brien came from
Ballymacoda, Co.
Cork, and Larkin from Lusmagh,
Offaly.
Though their bodies rest in an English jail yard, they are immortalised for ever. "God Save Ireland" shall perpetuate their memory while words are spoken or songs are sung
