17 year old Siobhan Hynes went out with friends to the small village of an Cheathru Rua on the night of Sat 5th December 1998. She never made it home.

Siobhan's body was found the following day, on the foreshore of a nearby beach.

How could something like this happen in such a small, isolated community?

This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.

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Theme Music:

Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Additional Music: Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Sources:

Tocht na Máthar Episode 3, available on the TG4 player

Brian McDonald, “Schoolgirl attacked near remote beach say gardai”, Irish Independent, December 9th 1998

“Murder most foul and the finger of suspicion”, Irish Independent, December 12th 1998

“Questionnaire issued in bid to find killer”, Irish Examiner, December 12th 1998

Declan Varley, “Murder hunt for killer of Connemara teen”, Tuam Herald, December 12th 1998

for a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com