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3 unusual facts about Forgotten Ten


Forgotten Ten

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.

Based upon military law at the time, they were buried within the prison precincts, their graves unmarked in the unconsecrated ground.

On October 14, 2001, the Forgotten Ten were afforded full state honours, with a private service at Mountjoy Prison for the families of the dead, a requiem mass at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral and burial in Glasnevin Cemetery.



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