[Fredslist] A little Irish history

[Jeanne Anne Norton]

Nine Famous Irishmen

In the fight for Irish freedom in Ireland in 1848 the following nine men
were captured, tried, and convicted of treason against Her Majesty, the
Queen, and were sentenced to death: John Mitchell, Morris Lyene, Pat
Donahue, Thomas McGee, Charles Duffy, Thomas Meagher, Richard O¹Gorman,
Terrence McManus, Michael Ireland.

Before passing sentence the judge asked if there was anything that anyone
wished to say.  Meagher, speaking for all, said:

³My lord, this is our first offense but not our last.  If you will be easy
with us this once, we promise, on our word as gentlemen, to try to do better
next time.  And next time ­ sure we won¹t be fools to get caught.²

Thereupon the indignant judge sentenced them all to be hanged by the neck
until dead and drawn and quartered.  Passionate protest from all the world
forced Queen Victoria to commute the sentence to transportation for life to
far, wild Australia.

In 1874 word reached the astounded Queen Victoria that the Sir Charles Duffy
who had been elected Prime Minister of Australia was the same Charles Duffy
who had been transported 25 years before.  On the Queen¹s demand the records
of the rest of the transported men were revealed and this is what was
uncovered:

  Thomas Francis Meagher, Governor of Montana
  Terrence McManus, Brigadier General, United States Army
  Patrick Donahue, Brigadier General, United States Army
  Richard O¹Gorman, Governor of Newfoundland
  Morris Lyene, Attorney General of Australia, in which office Michael
Ireland succeeded him
  Thomas D¹Arcy  McGee, Member of Parliament, Montreal, Minister of
Agriculture and President of Council Dominion of Canada
  John Mitchell, prominent New York politician.  This man was the father of
John Murray Mitchell, Mayor of New York at the outbreak of   World War I.


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