Clonmel Advertiser 4-9-1829 Execution of four brothers:Perhaps in the annals of crime no instance will be found on record similar to that which occurred yesterday in this town-namely, the execution of four brothers, convicted of the murder of their brother in law. Their names were Thomas, Edmund, Nicholas, and Pierce Wallace. At an early hour the population from the surrounding countryside began to assemble, and towards noon the crowds of people opposite and adjoining the goal were very considerable. A few minutes before 1 O'Clock a party of the Queens Bays arrived, and were soon succeeded by a strong detachment of the 77th depot. They had not taken their station more than a few minutes, when it was perceived that the wretched culprits had left their cells, and were on wheir way to the scaffold , erected on the open space of ground at the Northern side of the goal, the iron trap, the usual place of execution, being insufficient in width. Pierce Wallace wearing a white flannel waistcoat, accompanied by his brother Nicholas, first came forward, attended by the Rev. Mr. Brennan. They appeared absorbed in prayer, constantly saying, "Lord have mercy on me". The other two brothers next came forward, attended by the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, and wore the same clothes in which they appeared at their trial. Arriving at the fatal platform, all ascended with a steady step, and continued in prayer for some time. The necessary preperations having been concuded, the executioners placed the caps over their eyes, and almost in an instant this world, with all its bitterness and sorrows, closed on them forever, with the Sacred name of Jesus on their lips, as their immortal spirits ascended to the Judgement seat of the Most High. They died without a struggle. After being suspended the usual time, their bodies were cut down and conveyed, under a strong escort to the County Infirmary for dissection. They made no declaration at the place of execution of their guilt or innocence. (Of all the newspaper abstracts I have posted this one was the one that upset me most). Mary