On This Day: Ireland's last legal execution is conducted in 1954

On This Day: Ireland's last legal execution is conducted in 1954

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On April 20, 1954, Michael Manning, a 25-year-old man from Limerick, became the 29th and last person to be executed in Ireland. By 1964, the death penalty was a...

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On April 20, 1954, Michael Manning, a 25-year-old man from Limerick, became the 29th and last person to be executed in Ireland. By 1964, the death penalty was a...

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