Opinion

Echoes of an old injustice: City marks wrongful execution of two Irish immigrants

NORTHAMPTON — St. Patrick’s Day is stereotyped as a debaucherous day-drinking festival, but leading up to this weekend’s festivities in Holyoke, more than 50 people gathered on Tuesday for a sober and somber moment to honor Northampton’s first Irishmen who were wrongly executed 221 years ago. In 1806, Irish Catholic immigrants Dominic Daley and James…