Family campaign sees posthumous pardon for Kerryman hanged in 1895

Since 1937, only five presidential pardons have been awarded, two posthumously.

A roadside monument to John Twiss in Ardmona, Co Kerry. Picture: Pictures of Ireland/ Facebook

A Kerryman executed in 1895 may be given a presidential posthumous pardon following a long campaign by local historians and his descendants.

John Twiss was convicted of the murder of John Donovan on a farm at Glenlara, near Newmarket, Co Cork, and executed in January 1895 based on what an expert has called "flimsy" evidence.