<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Involvement in the Clerkenwell explosion and being the last person publicly executed in England </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Criminal penalty </Th> <Td> Death </Td> </Tr> <P> Michael Barrett (1841--26 May 1868) was born in Drumnagreshial in the Ederney area of County Fermanagh . In his adult years he became a member of the Fenians . </P> <P> Barrett was the last man to be publicly hanged in England, for his part in the Clerkenwell explosion in December 1867 . The bombing killed 12 bystanders and severely injured many more . Barrett was arrested with several others in a wide ranging sweep of sympathisers with the Irish cause and was the only one found guilty . </P>

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