A Conspiracy of Fear & Silence: The Maamtrasna Murders

Irish History Podcast by Fin Dwyer

Jun 3, 20261:00:09Society & Culture

In August 1882, a brutal mass murder in a remote valley in the west of Ireland shocked the world. At Maamtrasna, a family, the Joyces, were attacked in their home. The victims ranged from a teenage girl to an 80-year-old...

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