Remains of Tipperary man given posthumous pardon still missing after five-year search

It is believed Harry Gleeson's remains are in the grounds at Mountjoy Prison where executed prisoners would have been buried

The popular hurler and fiddle player, from Holycross, Co. Tipperary, was executed in Mountjoy in April 1941, for the murder of mother of seven, Mary McCarthy, who was also from the county.

Almost seven years have elapsed since the Department of Justice sanctioned a search for the remains of the country’s only person to be given a posthumous pardon for a murder he did not carry out.

However, to date there is no sign of Harry Gleeson (38). The popular hurler and fiddle player, from Holycross, Co. Tipperary, was executed in Mountjoy in April 1941, for the murder of mother of seven, Mary McCarthy, who was also from the county.