Brothers in arms stir memories of harder times
By Tom RyanMonday May 12 2008
LIKE any funeral of two men hanged for murder, it attracted a curious crowd -- many who believe the convicts are innocent.
Fortunately, the hundreds of people in period-dress in Loughmore yesterday were interested in historical re-enactment, rather than an execution.
They recreated the funeral of two brothers hanged in 1858 for the murder of a land agent. The remains of brothers Dan and Willie Cormack, hanged in Nenagh Gaol in 1858, were re-interred in Loughmore in 1910.
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