Background Isabella “Bell” M’Menemy was born around 1803 in County Tyrone, Ireland. She moved to Paisley, Scotland, in 1821 before settling in Glasgow, where she became acquainted with Thomas Connor and his mother through a friend. Up to this point, Bell had stayed out of trouble and had been employed at a steam loom factory. … Read more
The Setting Fifty-five-year-old Catherine Churchill was a farmer’s wife who lived at Knowle St. Giles near Chard in Somerset. A Disturbing Morning One morning in early March 1879, Eliza Whatley, a neighbour of the Churchills, was taking breakfast to her husband George, who was working in one of his fields. As she walked past the … Read more
45 year old Robert Goodale was a market gardener who had been married to a lady called Bethsheba for 22 years. He owned a piece of land at Walsoken Marsh, near Wisbech, where he grew fruit and vegetables. On the property was a house that was used only for storage and not lived in, together with a … Read more
Execution at Mountjoy Prison On Wednesday, the 5th of August 1925, 23-year-old Michael Talbot and 31-year-old Annie Walsh were hanged at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. Michael Talbot was Annie’s nephew. The Murder of Edward “Ned” Walsh Sixty-one-year-old Edward “Ned” Walsh was murdered in the family home at Carnane, County Limerick, on the evening of Friday, the … Read more
With special thanks to Richard Hodge for researching and writing this article. Discovering the Truth Until 2016, my interest in Arthur Boyce had been purely as a family historian, based on the information I had found through various genealogy sites. I knew nothing else about him—or various other goings-on in my family—as he and others … Read more
