Clerkenwell Prison
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Clerkenwell Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention was a prison in Clerkenwell, London, opened in 1847 and demolished in 1890. It held prisoners await
Visiting time at the House of Detention, 1862
Ricard O'Sullivan Burke
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Ricard O'Sullivan Burke was an Irish nationalist, Fenian activist, Union American Civil War soldier, U.S. Republican Party campaigner, and a public-works engineer. Travelling extensively, he performed
Clerkenwell Prison
…December 1867 its exercise yard was the target of a gunpowder explosion instigated by members of the Fenian Society in an attempt to aid the escape of Ricard O'Sullivan Burke, an arms supplier to the Fenians. The blast killed twelve bystanders and wounded 120 in Corporation Row; and the event became known as the "Clerkenwell…
Portrait of Burke taken before September 1913
A memorial dedicated to O'Sullivan Burke and his brother Morgan, located at St Bartholomew's Church, Castletown-Kinneigh, County Cork, Ireland.