Lost songs of Ireland Podcast

Fee and Flanagan - The Clones Murder Ballad


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One day in April 1903 a young trader named John Flanagan arrived in Clones town with eggs to sell and to pay a debt to the local butcher John Fee. After following Fee to his slaughterhouse he was not seen again until 8 months later his body was found buried in a dung pile.


These are the ballads of the murder of John Flanagan from Clones Co Monaghan.

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Lost songs of Ireland PodcastBy Bill O'Brien