Hey folks, just a quick heads up before you dive into the episode.

My new book, Alita Legacy, a history of Ireland in 18 murders is coming out on September

the 14th.

You can still pre-order your copy today, or if you're going to be in Dublin next week,

it will be great to see you at the launch.

It's on at 6pm on Thursday, September the 14th in Hodges figures.

That's 6pm on September the 14th in Hodges figures on Dawson Street in the city center.

Swing in on your way home from work, it'll be a great event.

Sure I'll see you there.

A world war, a revolution, and a secret funeral that haunted her family for generations

defined the life of Ireland's last aristocrat, Olive Pagan and Man.

Her life was anything but normal.

Born in 1894, her childhood was spent surrounded by wealth and splendor in the 60-roomed Stroke's

home park house in County Roscoman.

Her family estate stretched across tens of thousands of acres in the west of Ireland.

In this aristocratic world, Olive wanted for nothing.

Servants took care of her every need while an opulent social life took her to London regularly.

She was even presented before the king in 1912.

However, history has a habit of getting in the way, and life didn't pan out the way Olive anticipated.

She lived a long life, but by the early 1980s, she was a relic of a bygone age.

She was still living in the family mansion, but it was crumbling around her.

She had lost nearly everything.

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