<Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date apprehended </Th> <Td> 19 November 1953 </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael Manning was an Irish murderer who became the twenty - ninth and last person to be executed in the Republic of Ireland . </P> <P> Manning, a 25 - year - old carter from Johnsgate in Limerick, was found guilty of the rape and murder of Catherine Cooper, a 65 - year - old nurse who worked at Barrington's Hospital in the city, in February 1954 . Nurse Cooper's body was discovered on 18 November 1953 in the quarry under the New Castle, Dublin Road, Castletroy where she was found to have choked on grass stuffed into her mouth to keep her from screaming during the committal of the crime . </P>

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