Remains of Harry Gleeson identified in Mountjoy Prison – 83 years after he was framed and hanged for murder of Moll McCarthy
Harry Gleeson was the first person granted a posthumous pardon in the history of the State
The remains of a man wrongly hanged for the murder of his neighbour 83 years ago have been identified in an unmarked grave at Mountjoy Prison.
Harry Gleeson, a farm manager from Tipperary, was framed for the murder of Moll McCarthy in 1940, despite a jury’s strong recommendation for mercy.
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