Capital punishment in Ireland was abolished in statute law in 1990, having been abolished in 1964 for most offences including ordinary murder. The last person to be executed by the State in Ireland wa
Execution of Robert Emmet on Thomas Street, Dublin, 1803
Burial plot and memorial to 13 IRA prisoners executed 1920–1921 and buried in the former Cork County Gaol
Members of the National Party holding up a banner and signs containing noose imagery during a protest.
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The black cap is a plain black fabric square formerly worn as symbolic headgear by English, Welsh, and Irish judges in criminal cases when passing a sentence of death. When worn, the square was placed
Capital punishment in Ireland
…Prisoners sentenced to death by Ireland, includes those executed Black cap Gallows hemp rope…
Passing the sentence on Frederick Seddon: Mr Justice Bucknill, wearing a black cap, passes a sentence of death on a convicted murderer (1912).