Meagher County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,927. Its county seat is White Sulphur Springs.
The Castle of White Sulphur Springs
Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land in Australia.
Thomas Francis Meagher (1860s) in his formal military uniform
Portrait of Meagher c. 1845
Trial at Clonmel of Meagher, Terence MacManus, and Patrick O'Donoghue, all sentenced to death
Plaque commemorating Meagher's arrest at 19 The Mall, Waterford, 12 July 1848