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  • The Horrific Dublin Foundling Hospital

    October 13, 2026 · 51 min

    For 100 years The Foundling Hospital on Dublin's James's Street cast a dark shadow over the city. Designed to be a place of refuge and care for the poorest and most vulnerable members of Irish society it instead became a place of mass…

  • Murder in Rathmines | The Shocking Case & Murder Trial of Ellen Byrne

    October 7, 2026 · 51 min

    Did This Dublin Woman Murder Her Husband? The Shocking Story & Murder Trial of Ellen Byrne. In the summer of 1842 the respectable neighbourhood of Rathmines in Dublin, Ireland was rocked by scandal when the decomposing body of Augustine…

  • Buried Beneath The Tenements | The 1963 Disaster That Claimed 4 Lives

    September 26, 2026 · 34 min

    In the summer of 1963 Dublin’s dark and deadly tenement past returned to torment the residents of the inner city. Exactly 50 years after the catastrophic collapse on Church Street that claimed the lives of 7 people, a neglected tenement…

  • Hanged in Carlow: The Story of Lucinda Sly

    September 17, 2026 · 44 min

    At 2:25pm on the 30th March 1835 Lucinda Sly, a 57 year old Carlow woman was taken from her cell in the county gaol to begin the short walk to the gallows that awaited outside. As the executioner placed a noose around her neck and she took…

  • The Hatchet Killer of Helen's Road | The Shocking Murder of Lavena Ball | Dublin 1936

    September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Investigating The Murder of Lavena Ball in Dublin, Ireland 1936. In February 1936 a shocking crime was uncovered on Corbawn lane in Dublin when an abandoned and bloodstained car belonging to Mrs. Lavena Ball was discovered in Shankill. The…

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  • Mass Murder in Malahide | 6 Victims Killed by One Man

    July 29, 2026 · 36 min

    The Largest Mass Murder in Irish History & The Hanging of Henry McCabe | Malahide, Dublin 1926. In March 1926 the largest mass murder (excluding political violence) in the history of The Irish State was discovered at a house named La…

  • Dublin's Darkest Secret | The Notorious Nurse Cadden | Murder and Scandal in 1950s Dublin

    July 4, 2026 · 54 min

    At 6:30am on the morning of the 18th April 1956 a milkman named Patrick Rigney made a shocking discovery on the steps leading to the basement of a Georgian town house on Dublin’s Hume Street. Before him lay the body of 33 year old Helen…

  • The Hanging of John Delahunt "The Teenage Throat Slitter of Dublin City"

    May 30, 2026 · 54 min

    Welcome to Obscure Ireland With Peter the history podcast that takes a deep dive into the lesser known stories from Ireland's past and seeks to bring back to life the lives of the people whose stories of murder, defiance and bravery once…

  • Bang Bang The Story of a Dublin Street Character

    September 7, 2025 · 19 min

    The story of Thomas "Bang Bang" Dudley who became the most famous of Dublin's many street characters. Born into poverty and the tenements of early 1900s Dublin Thomas was a beloved character who travelled around the city holding mock…

  • Death in The Dublin Slums

    August 3, 2025 · 35 min

    In 1913 Dublin was a city in turmoil. Riddled with relentless poverty and row after row of filthy and dilapidated tenement housing the formerly grand Georgian Streets that had been the playground of the Anglo Irish Ascendency became a…

  • The Hanging of The Kearney Family

    July 10, 2025 · 31 min

    The Hanging of Kearneys | A Miscarriage of Justice? | Dublin in 1816 | Ireland In the early 1800s the peace of Glenasmole Valley was forever broken by the disappearance of a despised land steward who worked on a nearby estate belonging to…

  • The Execution of Kevin Barry | A Young Irish Rebel and Martyr

    June 27, 2025 · 45 min

    The Execution of Kevin Barry | A Young Irish Rebel | Dublin, Ireland in 1920 In 1920 as Ireland fought a War of Independence to break free from the grasp of The British Empire a young Volunteer by the name of Kevin Barry was captured on…

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About the show

Obscure Ireland With Peter is an independent Irish history series that is dedicated to retelling forgotten stories from Ireland's dramatic past. From obscure historic murders to the struggles of tenement life your host Peter digs through the archives to the discover the real stories of those who walked our streets before us and creates vivid and detailed documentaries. Each story is meticulously researched using primary sources and is recounted with compassion for those involved. Peter is a videographer & photographer from Dublin, Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.