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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.

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

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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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