"Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.“


-Thomas Francis Meagher

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Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.

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