Annie Walsh and The Women Sent To The Gallows
Red Room · Apr 20, 2026 · 29:11
Red Room · Apr 20, 2026 · 29:11
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Today we’re looking at the case of Annie Walsh, the last woman ever executed in Ireland. Convicted of murdering her husband in 1925, her story is often reduced to a scandalous love triangle, but there’s far more going on beneath the surface.
Annie wasn’t the only woman sentenced to death in Ireland, she was just one of the very few who wasn’t spared. So in this episode, we’re breaking down the murder, the trial, and the bigger question of why Annie Walsh was hanged, when so many other women weren’t.
Episode written & narrated by me, researched by Karl O'Reilly
https://archive.is/EYYc7#selection-4643.110-4647.148
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Limerick woman and alleged poisoner was the last woman in Ireland sentenced to burning
When loss of liberty is extended long after leaving a prison cell
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Full article: Crime in the nineteenth-century Irish home
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