‘Reign of terror at Craughwell’: Tom Kenny and the McGoldrick murder of 1909

During the last years of the nineteenth century Craughwell was one of the most violent corners of Ireland, and several murders were committed by members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) as part of its struggle against local landlords to create a better life for the poor small farmers and labourers of the region. Tom ... Read more

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