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Podcast: The Maamtrasna Murders Part III – The Guilty and the Innocent

by Findwyer | Nov 14, 2016

In this final episode on the Maamtrasna murders, we begin by picking up the story of this fascinating murder case in December 1882. Eight men have been sentenced to die in Galway Jail on...

Podcast: The Maamtrasna Murders Part II – The Trials

by Findwyer | Nov 9, 2016

In Part I of this series on the Maamtrasna murders I looked at one of the most brutal killings in 19th century Ireland when the Joyce family were attacked in their remote home in...

Podcast – The Maamtrasna Murders Part I – The Killings.

by Findwyer | Nov 1, 2016

Prior to 1882, Maamtrasna a remote townland in the west of Ireland, was known to few outside Co. Galway. That all changed on the night of August 17th 1882 when one of the most...