Hanged For Murder: Irish State Executions
Publisher: Collins Pr
Published: Feb 20, 2014
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781848891869
Description: 29 people convicted of murder were hanged by the Irish State: the executions were carried out in Mountjoy by the Pierrepoint family. The last met his fate in 1954 but the often shocking stories of these men and one woman have been largely forgotten. Here are their tragic stories, some in graphic detail.