Throughout the nineteenth-century, Ireland went through an evolving relationship with the punishment of capital offences, leaving behind some of the more brutal methods of the 1700s in favour of long prison sentences, or even transportation to Australia.
However, one of the most popular punishments for murder remained an encounter with the hangman. This month, Conor takes us to Nenagh on the eve of the Great Famine, where the people of the town witnessed the first multiple execution event held in front of the relatively new Nenagh Prison….
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