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The Burning of Clifden, St Patrick's Day, 1921 – Ireland's Own
The Burning of Clifden, St Patrick’s Day, 1921 On the morning of 14th March, 1921, thousands of people gathered in solemn prayer outside Mountjoy Prison in Dublin as six IRA Volunteers were hanged within the walls. One of the men executed was twenty-three year old Thomas Whelan from Clifden, County Galway. The death of this man, despite appeals for clemency from many, including Monsignor McAlpine of Clifden and the Archbishop of Tuam, Dr. Gilmartin fell on deaf ears. Within a week, Clifden would be overwhelmed by violence writes Dominic Price in his Stories of the War of Independ...
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