desire to throw the corpse into the street, they howled and yelled an accompaniment of brutal hate to the funeral service. It was a disgraceful affair, scarcely possible in any other latitude of the civilized world." A monument with a cross was set up at Kindrum in 1960 honoring McElwee, Shiels, and Michael Heraghty as the men whose actions "Ended the tyranny of landlordism". In popular culture The murder forms a major element in the plot of the 2005 play The Home Place by Brian Friel. Mick Blake wrote a song about Lord Leitrim - Leitrim (a brief history). References External links A history of Lord Leitrim's life and times Leitrim, William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim, William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim, William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Irish murder victims Leitrim, William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Leitrim constituencies (1801–1922) People murdered in Ireland Politicians from County Dublin Politicians from County Leitrim Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs who inherited peerages 1870s murders in Ireland William 3 1878 murders in the United Kingdom