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Henry Joy McCracken bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque
Henry Joy McCracken bronze plaque
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Mosaic tiles and brass rings compete for attention inside the Masonic Hall, but the small bronze plaque beside the door still belongs to Henry Joy McCracken. It repeats his name, his Presbyterians, his United Irishmen and the date he led them at Antrim before the Cornmarket rope. Faithful to the last is not praise, it is a knife pulled back from the wound.
This bronze commemorative plaque records: Henry Joy McCracken radical Belfast Presbyterian hanged at Cornmarket for leading the United Irishmen at the Battle of Antrim 7th June 1798. "Faithful to the last"
Henry Joy McCracken was a radical Belfast Presbyterian and leader of the United Irishmen, executed for his role in leading insurgents at the Battle of Antrim during the 1798 rebellion.

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