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Richard Pigott (1835 – 1 March 1889) was an Irish journalist, best known for his forging of evidence that Charles Stewart Parnell of the Irish National Land League had been sympathetic to the perpetrators of the Phoenix Park Murders. Parnell successfully sued for libel and Pigott shot himself.
Pigott, Richard (1828–89), journalist, newspaper owner, and forger, was the son of George Pigott of Ratoath, Co. Meath, and his wife, a woman from Roscommon. George Pigott was initially employed by Peter Purcell of Dublin, who held the contract for the transmission of the mails from Dublin to the provinces.
…the forger, a journalist named Richard Pigott, collapsed under cross-examination before an investigating commission. Parnell, after Pigott’s suicide in Madrid soon afterward, was transformed in the eyes of the English liberals from a dubious ally into a hero and martyr. This brief period was the peak of Parnell’s career. Read More
Richard Pigott (1835-1889) was an Irish nationalist journalist most famous for his role in forging private correspondence purporting to be of Charles Stewart Parnell approving of the Phoenix Park Murders.
22 de may. de 2024 · Richard Pigott. (1828?-1889), Irish journalist and forger. Sitter in 1 portrait. The Irish journalist who confessed to having forged the incriminating letter. On the first day, 21 February 1889, of Sir Charles Russell 's cross-examination, Hall recorded Russell's injunction: ''Now Mr Pigott pull yourself together''.
The youngest son of George Pigott, Richard, began a career in publishing and journalism with The Nation. By 1858 Pigott was the manger of The Irishman, a nationalist paper published in Dublin. In 1865 Pigott purchased The Irishman for £700.
19 de jul. de 2019 · Richard Pigott was a journalist who worked with several nationalist newspapers across the island of Ireland, including the Ulsterman and the Nation. For most of his life, Pigott appeared to support the Fenian movement and had been imprisoned for seditious libels on the government during his career.
