Barnes and Richards Appeal Committee Mansion House, Dublin 27 January 1940 ;
a representative committee of Irish men and women is invited to meet on Thursday February 1st, 1940 in the Mansion House Dublin... /
Barnes and McCormack Appeal Committee
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| Summary: | Peter Barnes and James McCormack [alias Richards] were tried, convicted and sentenced for complicity in the IRA's Coventry bombing of 25 August 1939, [part of the S-Plan or Sabotage Campaign of the IRA during 1939-1940] in which 5 people died and 50 others were injured (when a bomb placed on the carrier of a bicycle exploded in a crowded street in Broadgate Centre). The incident led to emergency legislation being passed in both in the UK and in Ireland. A campaign for clemency was organised by the Barnes and McCormack Appeal Committee headed by Maud Gonne MacBride but the campaign was unsuccessful and the two were hanged in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham on 7 February 1940. Handbill signed off on by Maud Gonne MacBride, Simon Donnelly, Patrick Maxwell and Roger McHugh. |
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| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
Barnes and McCormack Appeal Committee,
1940.
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| Notes: | This item is held in the Department of Ephemera. Physical description: 1 sheet ; 32 x 20 cm. more |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
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EPH D260 |
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Ephemera |
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