Ireland's Bloodiest Murders: Maamtrasna Murders

01/08/24 • 40 min

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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

One summer night in 1882 the Maamtrasna Valley in the West of Ireland became forever notorious when three generations of the Seoige (Joyce) family were brutally murdered.

What followed was a trial so full of colonial injustice that it turned a story of gory murder into something of national significance. From all the blood and cruelty, a man called Maolra Seoighe (Myles Joyce in English) emerges as a figure embodying the tensions and injustices of Ireland in this time.

Anthony tells Maddy the story this week.

Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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One summer night in 1882 the Maamtrasna Valley in the West of Ireland became forever notorious when three generations of the Seoige (Joyce) family were brutally murdered.

Anthony tells Maddy the story this week.

Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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