Notorious Irish-Australian folk hero Ned Kelly is to be given a private funeral 130 years after he was hanged in a Victorian jail.
But a descendant of one of the police officers killed by Kelly objects to the idea of a separate public ceremony.
Mick Kennedy, a Victorian policeman, whose great grandfather Sergeant Michael Kennedy was killed by Kelly in 1878, objected to the government’s efforts to identify and handover Kelly’s remains.“He was an outlaw, a thief and, unfortunately for my family, a murderer,” said Mr Kennedy “My great grandmother was a left a widow with six children and there was no public service for her.”
Debate Arises Over Ned Kelly Funeral Plans (Irish Echo)
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