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Michael Manning (1 September 1928 - 20 April 1954) was an Irish man who was convicted for rape and murder and executed in 1954. He was the 29th and last person to be executed in the Republic of Ireland, as capital punishment was gradually abolished in the decades following Manning's execution.
Michael Manning was the last person executed in the Republic of Ireland, while Robert McGladdery was the last person executed in all of Ireland. [37] Manning was hanged for murder by Albert Pierrepoint on 20 April 1954.
The last execution in Ireland occurred in 1954 when the murderer Michael Manning was hanged, the sentence being carried out by Albert Pierrepoint who travelled from Great Britain where he was an official hangman. [1] The penalty has been abolished in law since 1990.
20 April – Michael Manning, carter, convicted of murder and hanged, last person executed in the Republic of Ireland (born 1929). 1 May – James Macmahon, civil servant and businessman, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1918 to 1922 (born 1865). 2 May – Elinor Darwin, engraver and portrait painter (born 1871).
Catherine Cooper, a 65-year-old nurse, was murdered by Michael Manning while working at Barrington's Hospital. Manning was later tried and convicted of her murder becoming the last person to be hanged in the Republic of Ireland. [7]
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The last execution carried out in the Republic of Ireland, that of Michael Manning, took place in Mountjoy Prison on 20 April 1954. Some Irish leaders involved with the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War were held there. On 14 May 1921, an IRA team led by Paddy Daly and Emmet Dalton mounted an attempt to rescue Sean McEoin from the ...