1995 3 Months NYC A Jewel Eivissa Tree Abuse ECO Black Friday Bocadillo Danger! Estofado Sangria Rave Cannibis Camino Viejo Neutrinos Weather Roosters JCS The PM Plongeé Smila Customs O. J. Verdict 1995 Eivissa (Ibiza): Fish Monger A Roar MacWorld Padinkos Bye E, Hello GC Gran Canaria Where A Tour How Food Yumbo Las Palmas Playa 1995 Gran Canaria: Potpourri Norteños More Food Irishmen Heading Home USA With Dad Back at Home
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1995 Gran Canaria: Nine Famous Irishmen
In Ireland 9 men were captured, tried, and convicted of treason against Her Majesty, the Queen, during what has been referred to as the "Young Irish Disorders," in 1848 or thereabouts. The nine, who were sentenced to death, were Pat Donahue, Charles Duffy, Michael Ireland, Morris Lyene, Thomas McGee, Terrence McManus, Thomas Meagher, John Michel, and Richard O'Gorman.
The judge asked if there was anything any of them wished to say before being sentenced. Meagher, whose response summed up the attitude of all of them, replied "My Lord, this is our first offense, but not our last. If you will be easy with us this once, we promise on our word as gentlemen to do better next time - sure we won't be fools to get caught."
The judge, outraged rather than amused at Meagher's remarks, indignantly decreed that the defendents should be hanged until dead, and then drawn and quartered. Passionate protests, however, influenced Queen Victoria to commute the sentence to banishment for life and transportation to far wild Australia.
In 1874, an astounded Queen Victoria received word that the Sir Charles Duffy who had been elected Prime Minister of Australia was the very sames Charles Duffy who had been transported there some twenty-five years before. Curious about the fate of the other eight, the Queen demanded that the records in the 1848 incidents be researched and revealed. This is what was found:
- Thomas Meagher - Govenor of Montana
- Terrence McManus - Brigadier General, USA
- Patrick Donahue - Brigadier General, USA
- Richard O'Gorman - Governor of Newfoundland
- Morris Lyene - Attorney General of Australia
- Michael Ireland - Attorney General of Australia (after Morris Lyene)
- Thomas McGee - Member of Parliament, Montreal. Minister of Agriculture. President of Council Dominion of Canada.
- John Michel - Writer and Prominent New York Politician. His son became the Mayor of New York City.
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