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The Ghosts of Kilmainham: Ireland's Executioners
In this episode, we return to the stone walls of Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, not as a site of rebellion, but as the stage for the men who carried out the state’s darkest judgments. We trace the lives of Charles Brown, Robert Emmet’s executioner, and Myles Byrne, the French Irishman whose military career was defined by his role in suppressing the United Irishmen. Through their stories, we explore the complex legal and moral landscape of late eighteenth-century Ireland, where loyalty to the Crown often meant becoming an instrument of its violence. We examine how figures like James Barry and the…
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