Cocaine, Murder & Inquests: A night on the town in Victorian Waterford [Live from Katty Barry’s] 50/14
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This live podcast pokes in to the darker corners of the past looking at life in Victorian Waterford. Recorded live in Katty Barry’s in Waterford, it's a strange journey through macabre inquests that took place in pubs through to dentists who peddled cocaine!
The second half of the podcast looks at a bizarre murder involving a veteran of the Famine.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, before you dive in, just a quick heads up about the Warford launch of my new book |
| 0:04.6 | Alita Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders. |
| 0:07.6 | It takes place in the book center, on Red Square in Warford at 6.30pm on Friday, September |
| 0:13.6 | 29th. |
| 0:14.6 | The book center is one of my favorite bookshops. |
| 0:17.1 | It's built into an art deco cinema from the 1930s, it alone is reason enough to come |
| 0:21.5 | to the launch. |
| 0:22.5 | But hopefully I'll see you there on Friday the 29th at 6.30pm for the launch of Alita |
| 0:27.8 | Legacy, A History of Ireland in 18 Murders. |
| 0:39.6 | Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast. |
| 0:42.5 | My name is Finn Duyer, and this is Cocaine Murdering Quests, and light on the town in |
| 0:48.8 | Victorian Warford. |
| 0:50.8 | Warford is a city with an exhaust of history. |
| 0:54.2 | 1100 years ago, every street alien name has its own intriguing story. |
| 1:01.2 | So when I was asked to do a light podcast in Catty Barries, a pub in the heart of Warford, |
| 1:07.1 | I had my pick of great history. |
| 1:09.8 | Literally outside the door of this very pub, one of Warford's most famous sons, Thomas |
| 1:15.8 | Francis Marre, raised the Irish tricolor for the first time in 1848. |
| 1:22.0 | If you're wondering, yes, that is the same Thomas Francis Marre, who commanded the Irish |
| 1:26.8 | Brigade in the American Civil War, and served as a Brigadier general in the Union Army. |
| 1:32.3 | His life alone would make a great show. |
| 1:35.4 | Then across the road from Catty Barries is Reginald's tower, one of the oldest buildings |
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