A Very Irish Murder in Cincinnati
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In April 1894 Cincinnati's Irish Amercian community was rocked by a shocking and brutal murder. It was so scandalous that many newspapers in Ireland refused to even mention it, even though both the victim and the perpetrator were both Irish.
In this podcast you will hear the extraordinary story of Mollie Gilmartin unearthed for the first time in over a century...
Thanks to Muireann Hogan for her narration.
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| 0:55.0 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | My name is Finn Duwara and this is a very Irish murder in Cincinnati. |
| 1:04.8 | Today's podcast is a strange story, one that would dominate newspapers for weeks today, |
| 1:11.3 | but when it took place in 1894 it was actually so scandalous it |
| 1:16.2 | barely saw the light of day in Ireland. I don't want to give too much away |
| 1:20.0 | about the plot because there's a few major twists and turns but it's a riveting story which as the title suggests is about a murder that took place in Cincinnati in 1894. |
| 1:32.0 | The victim and the killer were Irish and the events surrounding |
| 1:36.1 | the murder revealed so much about immigrant life in the USA and life back in Ireland |
| 1:41.5 | around the turn of the 20th century. |
| 1:44.1 | I'd like to thank Wren Hogan for her recordings throughout the podcast and now two quick |
| 1:48.8 | announcements. |
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