Hanging Crimes by Frank Sweeney

Hanging Crimes by Frank Sweeney

From a time when the ultimate punishment in criminal cases in Ireland was the gallows, Hanging Crimes brings us ten spellbinding stories of rape, murder, love and betrayal from around the country. In all of these stories the murder or rape shook the entire community, exposing fears, disloyalties, treachery and often, an appetite for vengeance. The authors of these pieces have trawled through the archives to bring alive these crimes, the resulting courtcases and the final dispensation of justice. This book brings us closer to the scaffold than any other publication about the nineteenth century. The story of each event is set in the context of the time so that the reader gets a good understanding and feel for the locality where the event happened. In all of these stories the event of murder or rape shook the entire communities. In many cases people turned against each other and were willing to give evidence against friends, kin and neighbours which often sent them to the scaffold. We see how the rule of law worked for the ordinary people; we discover the rape or murder, then the courtroom scenes and finally the result and dispensation of justice. Not all hangings were efficient or glorious but a further surprise is that not all communities were shocked by hanging. Some regarded the event as a day of celebration.

Frank Sweeney was born in 1941 and has spent much of his life as a primary and secondary teacher in Dublin. A BA graduate of UCD, and MA graduate of NUI Maynooth, he is now completing his PhD. His first book, The Murder of Connell Boyle, was published by Four Courts Press in 2002, and is now on the compulsory reading list for students at NUI Maynooth.

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ISBN 13	9781856354622
ISBN 10	1856354628
Titel	Hanging Crimes
Autor	Frank Sweeney
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	The Mercier Press Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-03-31
Seitenanzahl	290
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.