The Forgotten Ten

The Forgotten Ten is the term applied to ten members of the Irish Republican Army who were executed in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin by British forces following court martial from 1920-1921 during the Irish War of Independence. Based upon military law at the time, the ten were buried in the prison grounds in unmarked graves in unconsecrated ground. The names of the Forgotten Ten are Kevin Barry, Patrick Moran, Frank Flood, Thomas Whelan, Thomas Traynor, Patrick Doyle, Thomas Bryan, Bernard Ryan, Edward Foley and Patrick Maher. [ [http://www.nga.ie/history.htm A Brief History Of The National Graves Association] ]

Efforts for Reburial

Following the Irish War of Independence, Mountjoy Prison was transferred to the control of the Irish Free State, which in 1937, evolved constitutionally to Ireland. In the 1920's, the families of the dead men requested their remains be returned to them for proper burial. This effort was joined in the later 1920's by the National Graves Association. Through the efforts of the Association, the graves of the men were identified in 1934, and in 1996 a Celtic Cross was erected in Glasnevin Cemetery to commemorate them. [ [http://www.nga.ie/history.htm Source 1. above] ]

State Funeral

The campaign to rebury the men would drag on for eighty years from their deaths. Following an intense period of negotiations, the Irish government relented, and on October 14, 2001, the Forgotten Ten were afforded full state honors, with a private service at Mountjoy Prison for the families of the dead, a requiem mass and full funeral service at the Irish National Cathedral, and burial in Glasnevin Cemetery. The state funeral was only the thirteenth in the history of the Republic of Ireland since independence. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06EFDD113FF936A25753C1A9679C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/I/Irish%20Republican%20Army New York Times article Published: October 15, 2001] ] Patrick Maher would not be reburied with his comrades, instead he was reinterred in Ballylanders, Co. Limerick. [ [http://www.nga.ie/history.htm Source 1. above] ]

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http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/26012http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1311271.stmhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20001008/ai_n14520071