In the wake of the two trials of Poff and Barrett in December 1882, a 16-verse ballad was composed by a witness to the events, which begins: Come all you lovers one and all, And listen unto me, A mournful execution that happened in Tralee. The ballad tells how Sylvester Poff and James Barrett protested…
With the necessary documentation for the pardon of John Twiss (1860 – 1895) having been lodged in the department of justice and with Minister Charlie Flanagan, TD, the campaign sponsors, the Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Heritage Project Committee wishes to draw the attentions of all concerned to the infamous and still lingering injustice handed down to…
The Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Heritage Project contains many items of important, historical significance in its huge collection. Among these items are research notes on John Twiss of Ardmona, who was hanged in Cork County Jail on February 9th 1895 for the murder, on 21 April 1894, of James Donovan, a caretaker of an evicted farm…
