Ireland's Last Executioners (Outsiders Part I)
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Over the coming weeks I am taking a break from the Great Famine Series to make a mini series entitled 'Outsiders'. These podcasts will focus on people who for one reason or another lived at the peripherary of Irish society. First up is Ireland's last executioners. These were members of a family who included one of the most prolific hangmen of all time. This is the story of the Pierrepoints who between them probably executed over 1,000 people in the mid 20th century. Find out their story in this show.
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| 0:47.0 | Hello and this is |
| 0:55.0 | this is Outsideers Part 1, Ireland's last executioners. |
| 1:01.0 | Over the past year I've been making the podcast series on the Great Irish famine, |
| 1:07.0 | but for the coming few weeks around Christmas, I'm taking a short break to make a mini series called Outsiders. |
| 1:14.0 | Over the next few weeks you're going to hear some fascinating stories of what were |
| 1:19.1 | Outsiders in Irish history. People who for one reason or another have been forgotten by Irish historians |
| 1:26.4 | or lived on the margins of society in Ireland. These outsiders, as you will see over the course of the |
| 1:32.3 | series, have very little or nothing |
| 1:34.8 | in common. Indeed, in some cases, they were bitter enemies. |
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