The Mám Trasna Murders
Original title: Murdair Mhám Trasna
0.020181h 53mGA
Directed by Colm Bairéad
The story of barbaric murders committed in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the border between counties Galway and Mayo in 1882 and the subsequent trial in Dublin. The trial led to the unjust hanging or life imprisonment of innocent people based on the testimonies of false witnesses and the dishonesty of the British authorities and the gentry.
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murderirelandmiscarriage of justicegaeilgegaeltacht
