Bridget Cleary: "The Last Witch Burned in Ireland"

Witch trials came to an end after 1711. But in the decades that followed, hushed into small, catholic communities in the Irish countryside, fear of the supernatural was growing. And 1895 brought the most infamous execution of a suspected fairy ever to take place – the burning of Bridget Cleary in County Tipperary . . .

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Main Sources

The “Witch-Burning” at Clonmel – Folklore, Vol. 6, No. 4 Dec., 1895Belief in Fairies and Witches, in Five Years in Ireland, Michael J. F. McCarthy

Newspaper Accounts

New York Times (1, 2, 3)The Pall Mall GazetteBismark Daily Tribune

Other cases mentioned

Witchcraft in Tipperary (1, 2), The Times, Sep 18, 1850Revelation from a Hamlet near Athlone, New York Times, March 22, 1896The Times, Tuesday March 10, 1896MUSICThe Butterfly – SláinteCapclear – AislinnEvening Bells – Arnaud CoutancierToo Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (Irish Lullaby) – Chauncey OlcottLunassa – AislinnDark Alleys – Kai EngelInterception – Kai EngelFragile Ice – Sergey CheremisinovShe Moved Through the Fair – Sláinte

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Unreal is a podcast about Irish history, stories, folklore and tradition. Each episode searches for the origins of some of Ireland’s most famous myths and folklore, and takes a fresh look at exciting legends and history which have become almost forgotten in centuries past.

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