Michael Barrett: The Last Man Hanged in Britain
Red Room · Apr 7, 2026 · 30:00
Red Room · Apr 7, 2026 · 30:00
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An Irish Fenian bombing in Victorian London led to mass panic, a controversial trial, and the execution of Michael Barrett., who would become the last man hanged in Britain.
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"The Irish invasion": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland
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Barrett, Michael | Dictionary of Irish Biography
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150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England
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