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The Clerkenwell Outrage of 1867 – Irish Republicanism in London
In 1868 Queen Victoria wrote a disturbing note to the then Home Secretary. She was deeply unhappy ” to see the failure of the evidence against all but one of the Clerkenwell criminals… it seems dreadful for these people to … Continue reading
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Tagged Clerkenwell, Fenian, history, Independence, IRB, Ireland, London, Republicanism, Victorian
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