Wolf Tone tried to join a French expedition to Ireland in October 1798, so shortly after the one that landed in Mayo. He was captured and found guilty of treason but asked if he could be shot as a soldier rather than hung. And then he slits his own throat and dies and quite considerable agony because of that. But says I'm a bad anatomist after all, so I mean he's a tanned a sense of humour.

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