Editing Michael Manning (murderer) (section)

{{Short description|Irish murderer}}
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{{Use Irish English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox murderer
| name              = Michael Manning
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| alt               = 
| birth_name        = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|9|1}}
| birth_place       = [[Limerick]], [[Irish Free State]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1954|4|20|1928|9|1}}
| death_place       = [[Mountjoy Prison]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]]
| cause             = [[Execution by hanging]]
| victims           = Catherine Cooper, 65
| country           = Ireland
| date              = 18 November 1953
| endyear           = 
| apprehended       = 19 November 1953
| conviction        = [[Murder]]
| sentence          = [[Capital punishment|Death]]
| spouse            = 
}}

'''Michael Manning''' (1 September 1928 - 20 April 1954) was an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] man who was convicted for rape and murder and executed in 1954. He was the 29th and last person to be [[Capital punishment in Ireland|executed in the Republic of Ireland]], as capital punishment was gradually abolished in the decades following Manning's execution.