Fin Dwyer
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2,951 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 9 Sep
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Margaret Kellher, and we revisit the case looking at Margaret's latest research.
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Margaret her
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Herself published a book in 2018 called The Mabtras and Murders Language, Life and Death in Nineteenth Century Ireland.
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Now it's a fantastic book, and Margaret, as I say, revisited the case and also delved deeply into how this community in Mamtrasna, one that was largely Irish-speaking, suffered at the hands of a hasty and botched prosecution, partly because some at least didn't speak English.
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This not only resulted in further injustice, but it also distorted our understanding of what actually happened on that night.
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In 1882.
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Just to introduce Margaret, she's professor and chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin.
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Her book on Madrasna was awarded the Michael J.
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Darkin Prize for Books in Language and Culture by the American Conference of Irish Studies in 2019, and then in 2020 it was shortlisted for the Michael Deonne Prize.
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I have a full link to Margaret's bio in the show notes below.
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as well as a link to her book on the case.
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It's a really great read.
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It provides excellent context to the Mam Trasler murders, and I'd highly recommend it if you want to dive deeper into this case after the show.
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Now this Friday, Brothers in Pain, The Global History of the Irish Revolution with Dr.
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Brian Hanley continues, so make sure you tune in to that.
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Sound on the episode is by Kate Dun Lee.
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Context is key to any murder case, but this is particularly true with Mam Trasna.
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So Margaret and I began our conversation by talking about where Mam Trasna is and what it was like back in the eighteen eighties.
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In the eighteen eighties, it was an increasingly sparse or rural community, might be a better way of putting it.
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Can you just describe a community that lived in what was certainly seemed to outsiders at quite a remote place?
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