Obscure Ireland With Peter

Obscure Ireland With Peter
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Obscure Ireland With Peter is an independent Irish history series that is dedicated to retelling forgotten stories from Ireland's dramatic past. From obscure historic murders to the struggles of tenement life your host Peter digs through the archives to the discover the real stories of those who walked our streets before us and creates vivid and detailed documentaries. Each story is meticulously researched using primary sources and is recounted with compassion for those involved. Peter is a videographer & photographer from Dublin, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Nov 4

    Murder on Ireland's Eye - The Maria Kirwan Story

    The Murder of Maria Kirwan | Scandal in Victorian Dublin | Ireland in 1852 In 1852 a scandal rocked the Victorian City of Dublin when accusations of murder, adultery and bigamy were levelled against a respectable middle class artist named William Bourke Kirwan. His wife Maria had died in an apparent case of accidental drowning on the island of Ireland's Eye in September but William was about to find himself on trial for her murder. This is the story of the death of Maria Kirwan and the trial of her husband William. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Murder on Ireland's Eye - The Maria Kirwan Story

  2. Oct 26

    Who Killed Tommy Powell? | Dublin 1961

    In June 1961 the body of 5 year old Tommy Powell was discovered in the ruins of St. Kevin's Church on Camden Row. Tommy, who had been missing since the previous day, had suffered a severe head injury and an enormous manhunt ensued as 100 detectives frantically searched for his killer. Multiple theories were considered and 1000s of people were interviewed yet nobody could shed any light on what happened to the boy and to this day the murder remains unsolved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Who Killed Tommy Powell? | Dublin 1961

  3. Oct 13

    The Horrific Dublin Foundling Hospital

    For 100 years The Foundling Hospital on Dublin's James's Street cast a dark shadow over the city. Designed to be a place of refuge and care for the poorest and most vulnerable members of Irish society it instead became a place of mass death and burial. This podcast explores the dark history of hospital, how it came into existence, the shocking treatment received by it's inmates and the sad stories that led parents to leave their baby in it's cold cradle on James's Street. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Horrific Dublin Foundling Hospital

  4. Oct 7

    Murder in Rathmines | The Shocking Case & Murder Trial of Ellen Byrne

    Did This Dublin Woman Murder Her Husband? The Shocking Story & Murder Trial of Ellen Byrne. In the summer of 1842 the respectable neighbourhood of Rathmines in Dublin, Ireland was rocked by scandal when the decomposing body of Augustine Byrne was discovered in his bed. The bizarre circumstances surrounding his death and the secretive behaviour of his wife Ellen led to her being charged with his murder and put on trial for her life one month later. The question on everybody's lips that summer was- Did Ellen Byrne murder her husband? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Murder in Rathmines | The Shocking Case & Murder Trial of Ellen Byrne

  5. Sep 26

    Buried Beneath The Tenements | The 1963 Disaster That Claimed 4 Lives

    In the summer of 1963 Dublin’s dark and deadly tenement past returned to torment the residents of the inner city. Exactly 50 years after the catastrophic collapse on Church Street that claimed the lives of 7 people, a neglected tenement house on Bolton Street came crashing down, catapulting an elderly couple from their beds and burying their broken bodies under a pile of rubble. Just 10 days later the unthinkable occurred when a terrace of decaying Georgian homes on Fenian Street crumbled into the ground, killing two little girls who stood on the street below. The cataclysmic events sent a wave of fear and panic through the city’s tenements and a homelessness crisis ensued as house after house were condemned and scores of families found themselves on the streets surrounded by the belongings they had salvaged. The year that John F. Kennedy came to Ireland, The Beatles played to an ecstatic crowd at The Adelphi and Gay Byrne presented the Late Late Show that had debuted the year before, the dire state of housing in the capital city was cruelly exposed. The tenements were not a thing of the past, they were thriving and were still home to thousands of people who lived in the same damp, mouldy and crumbling homes that had shattered the bones of their predecessors half a century earlier. This is the story of the deadly tenement collapse of 1963, of the lives of those killed by the falling masonry and of how the disaster shed light on the lousy living conditions of those who called The City of Dublin home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Buried Beneath The Tenements | The 1963 Disaster That Claimed 4 Lives

  6. Sep 17

    Hanged in Carlow: The Story of Lucinda Sly

    At 2:25pm on the 30th March 1835 Lucinda Sly, a 57 year old Carlow woman was taken from her cell in the county gaol to begin the short walk to the gallows that awaited outside. As the executioner placed a noose around her neck and she took her final glance of this mortal realm the events of the previous months that led to this terrifying moment raced through her mind. She thought of her young lover, John Dempsey whose feet she could hear shuffling behind as he too felt the hangman’s rope tighten around his neck, she thought of the years of abuse she had suffered at the hands of her brutish husband Walter Sly, she thought of the bullet that had passed through his skull, freeing her from his tyranny and how quickly her hopes of a happy life with John had slipped from her grasp. Outside the prison a crowd of 10000 people jostled for position as they bayed for her blood. Lucinda Sly, despite her suffering, had become a figure of hate. In the eyes of many of those who gathered to watch her demise she had betrayed her vows of marriage, she had betrayed her Protestant faith by taking a young Catholic lover and was responsible not only for the death of her husband but for the impending hanging of 27 year old John Dempsey whom she had led so far from the path of righteousness. As the clock struck 2:30 pm Lucinda and John walked out onto the gallows together as the crowd mocked and jeered, the hangman inspected the rope around their necks, raised his arm and pulled a lever and together the ill fated couple were launched into eternity. This is the story of the unfortunate life and death of Lucinda Sly, her marriage to a violent drunkard, her desperate bid for freedom with her illicit lover and her conviction for murder that led to an execution so brutal that she became the last woman to ever be publicly hanged in the County of Carlow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hanged in Carlow: The Story of Lucinda Sly

  7. Sep 2

    The Hatchet Killer of Helen's Road | The Shocking Murder of Lavena Ball | Dublin 1936

    Investigating The Murder of Lavena Ball in Dublin, Ireland 1936. In February 1936 a shocking crime was uncovered on Corbawn lane in Dublin when an abandoned and bloodstained car belonging to Mrs. Lavena Ball was discovered in Shankill. The thorough police investigation that followed could find only one suspect, Lavena's own son Edward. Join me as I investigate this shocking and largely forgotten crime from 1930s Dublin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Hatchet Killer of Helen's Road | The Shocking Murder of Lavena Ball | Dublin 1936

  8. Jul 29

    Mass Murder in Malahide | 6 Victims Killed by One Man

    The Largest Mass Murder in Irish History & The Hanging of Henry McCabe | Malahide, Dublin 1926. In March 1926 the largest mass murder (excluding political violence) in the history of The Irish State was discovered at a house named La Mancha in Dublin. Six victims were found, some with brutal head wounds while others were burnt almost beyond recognition by a fire that was set to cover up the crime. Four members of the McDonnell Family and two of their servants laid side by side on the lawn as the eyes of the law began to focus on the gardener Henry McCabe, the only survivor of the tragedy. Henry was subsequently found guilty of the murder and hanged in Mountjoy Prison. The question is, was he really capable of carrying out such a crime? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Mass Murder in Malahide | 6 Victims Killed by One Man
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Obscure Ireland With Peter is an independent Irish history series that is dedicated to retelling forgotten stories from Ireland's dramatic past. From obscure historic murders to the struggles of tenement life your host Peter digs through the archives to the discover the real stories of those who walked our streets before us and creates vivid and detailed documentaries. Each story is meticulously researched using primary sources and is recounted with compassion for those involved. Peter is a videographer & photographer from Dublin, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Obscure Ireland With Peter
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
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