In total, twenty members of the group were found guilty of murder and executed. While the Molly’s were responsible for a large number of violent incidents, a number of those executed were likely innocent. The Dubliners were responsible for reminding us of this group with a stirring rendition of The Molly Maguires a song composed by Phil Coulter and Bill Martin.

Photo: Historical Marker Commemorating the Hanging of the Molly Maguires, Old Schuylkill County jail, Pennsylvania