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26. The Longford Feud and The Brutality of Family Pride
For generations, unwritten laws and "fair play" governed conflicts within the Irish Traveller community. But when an old-school family dispute collided with modern smartphone culture and digital algorithms, the rules evaporated. In this episode of Shadows of Èire, we dissect the terrifying escalation of the McGinley and Hannifin conflict—a multi-jurisdictional blood feud fought not just with blades, guns, and chemical weapons, but via viral "call-out" videos that pushed the state's justice system to its absolute limits.
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