Society & Culture
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 . . .READ THE PODCAST SCRIPTSOURCES AND FURTHER READINGMain SourcesThe “Witch-Burning” at Clonmel – Folklore, Vol. 6, No. 4 Dec., 1895Belief in Fairies and Witches, in Five Years in Ireland, Michael J. F. McCarthyNewspaper AccountsNew York Times (1, 2, 3)The Pall Mall GazetteBismark Daily TribuneOther cases mentionedWitchcraft 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 Stay up to date:https://unrealpodcast.com/https://twitter.com/unrealpodhttps://www.facebook.com/UnrealPod