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The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody.

Historical image related to The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish Republican Brotherhood members from custody. from November 23, 1867

Manchester Martyrs

Three Irish nationalists hanged in 1867

The Manchester Martyrs were three Irish Republicans – William Philip Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O'Brien – who were hanged in 1867 following their conviction of murder after an attack on a police van in Manchester, England, in which a police officer was accidentally shot…
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Manchester

City and metropolitan borough in England

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022. Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern…
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Irish Republican Brotherhood

Former secret oath-bound fraternal organisation

The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland between 1858 and 1924. Its counterpart in the United States of America and Canada was initially the Fenian…
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November 23

Day of the year

November 23 is the 327th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 38 days remain until the end of the year.
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