What is recorded here
Killeady in County Cork marks the bi-centenary of 1798, though the provided facts point to a earlier execution in 1797. Private Sherry and Private O'Neill of the Wexford Militia died there after conviction for taking the Oath of the United Irishmen. The date discrepancy suggests either a mistaken memory or a layered history where two rebellions bled into one another.
Having been convicted by court-martial on the charge of taking the Oath of the United Irishmen Private Sherry and Private O'Neill of the Wexford Militia were executed at Killeady on 29th May, 1797
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