Coir: An Irish True Crime Podcast

Episode 14: Michael Manning

In Episode 14, Aoife talks about the murder of Sister Catherine Cooper, and the last man to be executed in the Republic of Ireland.

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* I usually include a photo of the victim or offender here but I can literally find none. I don't know why there's so little information out there on such a pivotal case!


Show Notes:

The Referendum on Capital Punishment (RTE)

Last Hanging in State 50 years ago today (Irish Times)

Sixty Years Since Dublin's Last Hanging (Irish Times)

(People) AG v Michael Manning [1955] 89 ILTR 155

The cabbie, his lover and the hangman's noose (Irish Independent)

Book recalls murder of nurse in Castletroy in 1953 (Limerick Post)

Final pleas of Limerick man executed, 60 years ago (Limerick Leader)

Albert Pierrepoint, the British executioner who killed more than 400 (All That's Interesting)

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