Forgotten Ten

Plaque placed by the Irish Government on the graves of the Volunteers

The Forgotten Ten (Irish: An Deichniúr Dearmadta)[1] were ten members of the Irish Republican Army who were executed in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, by British forces following courts martial from 1920 to 1921 during the Irish War of Independence.

Based upon military law at the time, they were buried within the prison precincts, their graves unmarked in the unconsecrated ground. The names of the Forgotten Ten are Kevin Barry, Thomas Whelan, Patrick Moran, Patrick Doyle, Bernard Ryan, Thomas Bryan, Frank Flood, Thomas Traynor, Edmond Foley, and Patrick Maher.[2] The hangman was John Ellis.[3]

  1. ^ "The Forgotten Ten An Deichniúr Dearmadta Part 1". World News. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ A Brief History Of The National Graves Association Archived 20 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, nga.ie; accessed 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ Southern Irish executions 1900-1954, capitalpunishmentuk.org; accessed 1 November 2008.