Ring of death
Subtitle: famous Kerry murders
By: Anthony Galvin
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781780575872; 9781780577081
Subjects: History; Murder; Crime
Description: " To all appearances, Kerry is an idyllic tourist destination. Yet scratch beneath its scenic surface and the sordid secrets of the county known as 'the Kingdom' flow free like blood. Some of the most notorious murders in the history of Ireland have taken place in Kerry, including a two-day orgy of slaughter perpetrated by state forces during the Civil War, and the case of two farmers, good friends, fighting over a patch of land not big enough to accommodate a picnic blanket, resulting in a killing that inspired the play and film The Field. The county's most infamous case was the discovery of a baby stabbed to death on a beach, with another infant's body found during the subsequent investigation. To this day, the identities of the children, their mothers and the murderer remain a mystery, but the case led to the government setting up a tribunal to investigate the Gardaí and how they had handled the inquiry."--Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Murder by landmine; title: Easter massacre; title: Ireland's Jack the Ripper; title: Cop killer; title: Field; title: Brawl at the Silver Dollar; title: Sour end for sweet shop owner; title: Kerry babies case; title: Into thin air; title: Farmer in the well; title: Triple tragedy in Tralee; title: Killed with a wok; title: Double murder in Moyvane; title: Mark of Cain.