Peter Larkin was charged with the wilful murder of his 2 sons, Bernard (15) and Martin (12) Larkin at Shanaglish, on 20 June 1844. An inquest was held on Saturday, 22 June 1844, at a packed court house in Gort before T. Walsh Esq., coroner, and a ‘respectable jury of the town’, which after testimony from numerous witnesses, eventually returned a verdict of ‘wilful murder against Peter Larkin’. A second court date was heard in Galway during the Summer Assizes, before Judge Baron Lefroy on 1 August 1844. The following account is based on witness testimony given at both trials.
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AuthorMy name is Eamon Healy and I work as a professional genealogist. I enjoy researching all things local history, and have a particular interest in Beagh, primarily because I can trace my family history to the parish back to the late 1780s. I hope to share my findings here in my blog posts Archives
November 2020
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