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In September of 1852, Maria Kirwan and her husband took a small ferry boat from the seaside town of Howth to a little island called Ireland's Eye. Both Kirwan' stepped off the ferry boat, full of excitement for the pleasant day ahead. The Kirwan's planned to swim and sketch and eat a delicious picnic lunch. What they didn't plan though, was that by the end of that day, only one of them would be getting back on that ferryboat....alive.
Join us for our 6th St. Paddy's day episode as we discuss the ancient but fascinating cold case that shocked an entire community among the beautiful Irish landscape.
Click to learn more (sources)
https://ragingfluff.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/the-irelands-eye-murder-case-1852/
https://crowehistory.com/2018/11/09/the-irelands-eye-murder-case/
https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kirwan-william.htm#google_vignette
https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/irelands-eye-murder
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/death-on-ireland-s-eye-tragedy-and-mystery-on-a-lonely-patch-of-rocky-shore-1.4792036
Briggs, Katharine – An Encyclopedia of Fairies (1976)
Croker, Thomas Crofton – Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825)
Wilde, Lady Jane – Ancient Legends of Ireland (1887)
Campbell, John Francis – Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860)
Keightley, Thomas – The Fairy Mythology (1850)
McGowan, Joseph – Irish Monsters (2009)
Duchas.ie – The Irish Folklore Commission Collection
Episode Credits:
Hosts/writers: Holly Knapp and Leslie Weidel
Editor/Composer/Producer: Jon Katity
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In September of 1852, Maria Kirwan and her husband took a small ferry boat from the seaside town of Howth to a little island called Ireland's Eye. Both Kirwan' stepped off the ferry boat, full of excitement for the pleasant day ahead. The Kirwan's planned to swim and sketch and eat a delicious picnic lunch. What they didn't plan though, was that by the end of that day, only one of them would be getting back on that ferryboat....alive.
Join us for our 6th St. Paddy's day episode as we discuss the ancient but fascinating cold case that shocked an entire community among the beautiful Irish landscape.
Click to learn more (sources)
https://ragingfluff.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/the-irelands-eye-murder-case-1852/
https://crowehistory.com/2018/11/09/the-irelands-eye-murder-case/
https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kirwan-william.htm#google_vignette
https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/irelands-eye-murder
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/death-on-ireland-s-eye-tragedy-and-mystery-on-a-lonely-patch-of-rocky-shore-1.4792036
Briggs, Katharine – An Encyclopedia of Fairies (1976)
Croker, Thomas Crofton – Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825)
Wilde, Lady Jane – Ancient Legends of Ireland (1887)
Campbell, John Francis – Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860)
Keightley, Thomas – The Fairy Mythology (1850)
McGowan, Joseph – Irish Monsters (2009)
Duchas.ie – The Irish Folklore Commission Collection
Episode Credits:
Hosts/writers: Holly Knapp and Leslie Weidel
Editor/Composer/Producer: Jon Katity
Buy your WWBD swag here!

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