Sylvester Poff and James Barrett were hanged in Tralee Gaol in Co Kerry in 1883. President Michael D Higgins speaks after signing a Presidential pardon for Sylvester Poff and James Barrett at Aras an ...

Two men who were executed more than 140 years ago have been pardoned by the president of Ireland. On Wednesday, Michael D Higgins signed a pardon for Sylvester Poff, 35, and James Barrett, 21, for the ...

TWO men have received posthumous pardons from the Irish President more than 140 years after they were wrongfully convicted and hanged for murder. Michael D Higgins said the pardons would “lift the ...

Two men have received posthumous pardons from the President of Ireland more than 140 years after they were wrongfully convicted and hanged for murder. President Michael D Higgins said the pardons ...

President Michael D Higgins speaks after signing a Presidential pardon for Sylvester Poff and James Barrett at Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin. Poff and Barrett were executed in Tralee Gaol in 1883 after ...

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