The Carrickshock Massacre: Ten Minutes That Shook Irish Policing
In this episode of The Póilíní Podcast, writer Helen Moorhouse and retired Garda Sergeant and police historian Dr John Reynolds, unpack the Carrickshock Massacre: the brutal tithe system that provoked it, the newly formed Peace Preservation Force sent to enforce it, and the catastrophic misjudgements that turned a routine errand into a bloodbath. They trace what happened to the survivors, the collapsed murder trial defended by Daniel O'Connell, and how an event largely forgotten outside Kilkenny lived on in ballads, folklore, and even GAA rivalries — becoming a rallying cry invoked all the…
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