The trials are over, the sentences have been passed down and there is nothing left but the punishment. However as we have seen in the story so far, this is story is if anything unpredictable.

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Given the popularity of true crime genre, we are increasingly familiar with how murder investigations work in the 21st century. However they were quite different in the 19th century. 

In the third deep dive of Murder at Mother Mountain I am joined by Dr Niamh Howlin to explain how murder investigations & trials worked in the 1840s. Niamh is an expert on 19th century law and she explains how the process worked before DNA, forensics or even the concept of a trial by a jury of our peers existed!

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The trial begins in Nenagh Courthouse in August 1846. What lies ahead for the accused is more uncertain than ever - murder in 19th century Ireland carries the death sentence.

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The trial begins in Nenagh Courthouse in August 1846. What lies ahead for the accused is more uncertain than ever - murder in 19th century Ireland carries the death sentence. 

This weeks special supporters are 

B Flaherty

E Fogarty

H Lewis

C Rowland

D Browne

P Foran

P Hurley

C Wright 

P Meagher

M McLoughlin

A Dunne

A Philbrick

K Finn 

M Gray

J Nixon

K O'Connor

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Warning: this episode contains spoilers for Part 1 & 2 of Murder at Mother Mountain

Sex, Love & Marriage have been central to the story so far. In the second deep dive interview I chat with Dr Sarah Anne Buckley and we explore how attitudes to these topics differed in the 19th century. 

Sarah Anne explained what an arranged marriage was and if people loved each other when they didn't chose their own partners? We also discussed sex in the 19th century and I discovered that the stereotype of 19th century prudishness is far off the mark!

Towards the end of the interview we also discussed pregnancy and how it was an extremely dangerous time for women.

Dr Sarah Anne Buckley is an internationally renowned social historian at National University of Ireland, Galway

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In part 2 of Murder at Mother Mountain Ellen’s life changes forever on March 10th 1846 when the violence that overshadowed her life finally comes to her door...

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Warning: this episode contains spoilers for Part 1 & 2 of Murder at Mother Mountain

Sex, Love & Marriage have been central to the story so far. In the second deep dive interview I chat with Dr Sarah Anne Buckley and we explore how attitudes to these topics differed in the 19th century. 

Sarah Anne explained what an arranged marriage was and if people loved each other when they didn't chose their own partners? We also discussed sex in the 19th century and I discovered that the stereotype of 19th century prudishness is far off the mark!

Towards the end of the interview we also discussed pregnancy and how it was an extremely dangerous time for women.

Dr Sarah Anne Buckley is an internationally renowned social historian at National University of Ireland, Galway

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In this exclusive Acast+ preview of part 2 of Murder at Mother Mountain, Ellen’s life changes forever on March 10th 1846 when the violence that overshadowed her life finally comes to her door.

This week's special supporters are 

M Renee

D Mosier 

A Dacy

A O'Brien 

M Kelly

J A C McGowan

K L. Daly 

E Laurent

B Walsh

D Hill 

C Bleakley

M Lynch

A Jameson

G B. Lane

G B Lane

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To accompany Murder at Murder Mountain, I am releasing five deep dive episodes which delve into the history of the early 19th century Ireland in greater detail. These will be released between the main episodes. 

This is deep dive looks at the pre-Famine catholic church. While religion was very important during Ellen Kennedy's childhood, the catholic church emerging from centuries of repression was a very different organsation than it is today. In this podcast Salvador Ryan, professor of Ecclesiastical History in Maynooth, discusses religion and wider spiritual beliefs in the decades before the famine. 

He also explains why rituals surrounding pattern days and ancient holy wells (also mentioned in episode one) were frowned on by the church hierarchy.

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