{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65ce3745707bcb0017b8427d/69d3f3ff07bc2cbfc7c22f3c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Michael Barrett:  The Last Man Hanged in Britain","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65ce3745707bcb0017b8427d/1775497918417-886172ef-97e1-4d5f-9c00-6a26676159ae.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"www.patreon.com/redroompod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Join Patreon for ad-free episodes &amp; Wednesday Deep Dives</strong></a></p><p><br></p><h2><strong>Further Reading / Sources</strong></h2><p><a href=\"https://www.rte.ie/history/post-famine/2020/1106/1176413-the-irish-invasion-how-the-irish-famine-changed-scotland/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Irish invasion\": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-immigration-to-Scotland.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Irish immigration to Scotland</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18680406-412\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">t18680406-412 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theirishstory.com/category/history/irish-history/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theirishstory.com/category/history/irish-history/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/michael-barrett/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/michael-barrett/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/28100\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Executed men remembered in London | An Phoblacht</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/13231\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Barrett (1841-1868) - The forgotten Fenian from Fermanagh: By Fr Joe McVeigh | An Phoblacht</a></p><p><a href=\"https://historyireland.com/irish-republicanism-in-scotland-1858-1916-fenians-in-exile/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858–1916: Fenians in exile – History Ireland</a></p><p><a href=\"https://archive.is/oGMWU#selection-619.0-623.474\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Barrett: a Fenian remembered</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.dib.ie/biography/barrett-michael-a0415\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Barrett, Michael | Dictionary of Irish Biography</a></p><p><a href=\"https://turbulentisles.com/2015/12/13/on-this-day-the-clerkenwell-outrage-13th-december-1867/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">On This Day: The Clerkenwell Outrage, 13th December, 1867 – Turbulent Isles</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/150-years-ago-today-a-fenian-became-the-last-person-to-be-publicly-executed-in-england-1.3507202\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.dib.ie/biography/burke-ricard-osullivan-a1173\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Burke, Ricard O'Sullivan | Dictionary of Irish Biography</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Timeline/Execution.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Times Report of the Last Public Hanging in England</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Jenny Claffey"}