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Terence Bellew McManus 1811-1861 Born in Tempo,
County Fermanagh. Sentenced to death for his part in the rebellion in 1848, his
sentence was later commuted to penal servitude. He escaped from Van Diemen’s
Land to California. He was initially buried in California but his body was
disinterred and transferred to Ireland nearly a year later. This was the first
funeral in Ireland staged for political purposes. Archbishop Cullen refused to
allow the remains to lie in any church in his diocese, except for the funeral
mass. His funeral on November 10th 1861 was described by A.M. Sullivan as the
greatest funeral ever witnessed upon earth.
The
monument
over the grave was sculpted
by Thomas Farrell and is known as the
Fenian Monument.
He is buried with
Further information and directions to the grave are to be found in "Dead and Buried in Dublin - An Illustrated Guide to the Historic Graves of Dublin. Click here to order a copy of this book |
John
O'Mahony, Patrick Nally and others.