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Death on Ireland's Eye: The Victorian Murder Trial that Scandalised a Nation

By Dean Ruxton
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By Dean Ruxton
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A tragic death, a murder trial and a 170—year—old mystery – but what really happened?

Shortly after Maria Kirwan died in a lonely inlet on Ireland’s Eye, it was decided that she had drowned accidentally during a day spent with her husband on the picturesque island. This inquest verdict appeared to conclude the melancholy events that consumed the fishing village of Howth, Co Dublin, in September 1852.

But not long afterwards, suspicion fell upon Maria’s husband, William Burke Kirwan, as whispe...

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