49 min

28 - Murder on Ireland's Eye Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

    • Society & Culture

In 1852, Sarah Maria Louisa Kirwan was found dead at the Long Hole on Ireland's Eye as the tide receded. Her husband, William, had been painting a sunset scene of the Dublin Mountains and told the boatmen who returned to get them from the craggy island in Dublin Bay that he had no idea what had happened to her. An inquest found that the poor woman had drowned.

But in Victorian Dublin, rumours spread quickly, and it was discovered William Burke Kirwan was living a double life - one that provided a motive for murder.


Our podcast Promo this week is from Mugshot Podcast, where host Lindsay recounts crimes of a not-so-fatal nature. Make sure you don't end up with your own Mugshot and subscribe today!


Find us on Facebook or Twitter!

With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com. 


Theme Music:
Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


Sources:
Micheal Sheridan, Murder at Ireland's Eye (Dublin: Poolbeg, 2012) Purchase here 

Dean Ruxton, “Ireland's Eye Mystery: A murder gripped Victorian Dublin” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/ireland-s-eye-mystery-a-murder-gripped-victorian-dublin-1.2847013 28 October 2016 

Abigail Rieley, “The Ireland's Eye Murder” from The National Library of Ireland Blog https://blog.nli.ie/index.php/2012/09/06/murder/ 6 September 2012 

UK Inflation Calculator: http://www.in2013dollars.com/

In 1852, Sarah Maria Louisa Kirwan was found dead at the Long Hole on Ireland's Eye as the tide receded. Her husband, William, had been painting a sunset scene of the Dublin Mountains and told the boatmen who returned to get them from the craggy island in Dublin Bay that he had no idea what had happened to her. An inquest found that the poor woman had drowned.

But in Victorian Dublin, rumours spread quickly, and it was discovered William Burke Kirwan was living a double life - one that provided a motive for murder.


Our podcast Promo this week is from Mugshot Podcast, where host Lindsay recounts crimes of a not-so-fatal nature. Make sure you don't end up with your own Mugshot and subscribe today!


Find us on Facebook or Twitter!

With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com. 


Theme Music:
Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


Sources:
Micheal Sheridan, Murder at Ireland's Eye (Dublin: Poolbeg, 2012) Purchase here 

Dean Ruxton, “Ireland's Eye Mystery: A murder gripped Victorian Dublin” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/ireland-s-eye-mystery-a-murder-gripped-victorian-dublin-1.2847013 28 October 2016 

Abigail Rieley, “The Ireland's Eye Murder” from The National Library of Ireland Blog https://blog.nli.ie/index.php/2012/09/06/murder/ 6 September 2012 

UK Inflation Calculator: http://www.in2013dollars.com/

49 min

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