of the explosion, the Liberal leader, William Ewart Gladstone, then in opposition, announced his concern about Irish Nationalist grievances and said that it was the duty of the British people to remove them. Later, he said that it was the Fenian action at Clerkenwell that turned his mind towards Home Rule. When Gladstone discovered at Hawarden later that year that Queen Victoria had invited him to form a government he famously stated, "my mission is to pacify Ireland". References Further reading McConville, Seán. Irish Political Prisoners, 1848–1922: Theatres of War. London: Routledge (UK), 2003. Quinlivan P, Rose P. Fenians in England, 1865–72 Calder Publications Ltd, 1983. Ranelagh, John O'Beirne. A Short History of Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Richter, Donald C. Riotous Victorians. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1981. Roby, Kinley E. The King, the Press and the People: A Study of Edward VII. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1975. Swift, Roger. Irish Migrants in Britain, 1815–1914: A Documentary History. Cork: Cork University Press, 2002. 1841 births 1868 deaths 1867 murders in the United Kingdom Irish people executed abroad Members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood People from County Fermanagh 19th-century executions by the United Kingdom Irish people convicted of murder People executed by the United Kingdom by hanging Irish mass murderers Executed Irish people