On This Day: The Manchester Marytrs, three Irish rebels were hanged in 1867

On This Day: The Manchester Marytrs, three Irish rebels were hanged in 1867

A daring 1867 prison escape went terribly wrong, and British justice made Irish patriots, the Manchester Martyrs, pay the price. On September 18, 1867, armed men ambushed a police van traveling through Manchester, freeing two imprisoned Fenian leaders in a dramatic prison break.