Map of Ireland representing St Patrick driving out the snakes by Lilian Lancaster
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A few, perhaps unknown, facts about Ireland…
The majority of people attribute the guillotine to the French, but there is evidence of it being used in Ireland almost 500 years before it made its way to France. A man named Murcod Ballagh seemingly used it for an execution near Merton in Co Galway on 1 April 1307. Dundalk Jail was built in […]
Read MoreMap of Ireland representing St Patrick driving out the snakes by Lilian Lancaster
A few, perhaps unknown, facts about Ireland…
The majority of people attribute the guillotine to the French, but there is evidence of it being used in Ireland almost 500 years before it made its way to France. A man named Murcod Ballagh seemingly used it for an execution near Merton in Co Galway on 1 April 1307. Dundalk Jail was built in […]
Read MoreMap of Ireland representing St Patrick driving out the snakes by Lilian Lancaster
Map of Ireland Divided into Great Lordships c.1500
Source: Edmund Curtis’ History of Medieval Ireland
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