The Massacre of Wildgoose Lodge

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the 1830s the British politican George Lewis described the fate of an informer in ireland as a man "doomed to certain death....he would be hunted through the country like a mad dog every hand would be raised against him".

This was something of an understatement in some cases.

In 1816 Edward Lynch became an informer. A few months later this resulted in one of the worst crimes in pre-famine Ireland - The Massacre of Wildgoose Lodge......

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0:53.0	this is the massacre of Wild Goose.
0:58.0	Hello and welcome to the Irish History Podcast.
1:00.0	My name is Finn de Weirre and this is the massacre of Wild Goose Lodge.
1:05.0	This episode is the chilling account of a massacre that shocked pre-Fam in Ireland.
1:11.0	I don't want to give any details away, so I'm going to get straight into this
1:14.9	pretty remarkable story just after a few quick announcements.
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