Henry Mullady
From left to right: John Devoy, Charles Underwood O'Connell, Henry (Harry) Mullady, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, and John McClure.
Henry (Harry) Mullady (a.k.a. Henry Shaw) was a Fenian activist. He was part of The Cuba Five who were exiled from the U.K. in 1871.
History
[edit]He was arrested at the Ware in Dublin County, about 15 miles from Drogheda, on 7 March 1867, with two others. He was in possession of a loaded revolver and a book of letters. He remained in custody until, in February 1868, along with Ricard O'Sullivan Burke [a.k.a. George Berry, Edward C. Winslow and Wallace] and Joseph Theobald Casey (two Fenians accused of involvement in the escape of Thomas Kelly and Timothy Deasy during which a policeman was killed) he was indicted at Warwick Spring Assizes under the name he gave, 'Henry Shaw'. He was reported as being a twenty-six-year-old carpenter, an active Fenian and being able to read and write with difficulty [his surname was also variously recorded as Millady, Maleady, Mullidy and Mullida (see image)]. He was with Burke at the purchases of hundreds of rifles, pistols, revolvers and millions of percussion caps and other paraphernalia in Birmingham in 1865, with Burke and Casey in their preparations in Liverpool in 1866 and at several meetings where Fenian plans were made to raid the arsenal at Chester Castle on 11 February 1867. He had been engaged passing messages and as directed by the group's leaders.[1][2][3]
The trial of Burke, Casey and Mullady [as 'Shaw'] at the Old Bailey was under the charge of treason-felony. Casey was acquitted, Burke sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude and Mullady, sentenced to seven years'. A general amnesty was announced at the beginning of January 1871. Mullady was released from prison on 7 January with conditions: he and four others chose the option of exile to the US. The group left Liverpool aboard the steamship Cuba. Upon the ship's arrival on 19 January, they were overwhelmed by a throng of Fenians (Thomas Kelly was secretary to the Fenian Brotherhood making the welcome) and some representatives of the U.S. Government, each in competition to receive them. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa read out a letter thanking all but announcing they would stay aboard for the night. Mullady's name, as Henry S. Mullady, was appended to the letter thus. The exiles became known as the Cuba Five. A collection had been made for them to start a new life, and the following day they were paraded along Broadway with an accompaniment of the 69th Infantry Regiment (the 'Irish Brigade').[4][5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "THE FENIAN PRISONERS, BURKE, CASEY AND SHAW". The Brecon County Times, Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon, Carmarthen, Radnor, Monmouth, Glamorgan, Cardigan, Montgomery, Hereford. 27 February 1868. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "The Fenian Conspiracy". The Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. Vol. 52. London. 4 January 1868. p. 18. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "GEORGE BERRY, JOSEPH THEOBALD CASEY, HENRY SHAW". www.oldbaileyonline.org. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Kenna, Shane (2015). Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa: Unrepentant Fenian. Newbridge, Kildare: Merrion Press.
- ^ "On This Day – Fenian prisoners' amnesty, 1871". www.anphoblacht.com. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "THE EXILES OF ERIN". The Charleston Daily news. Charleston. 24 January 1871. p. 4. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "THE IRISH REFUGEES". The New York Times. New York. 19 January 1871. p. 1.