Crime
The killing of Barbara Berry
On Saturday, the 23rd of March, 1916, a traveller woman called Barbara Berry was fatally stabbed in the heart on Wexford’s Main Street.
Crime
Historical accounts and articles detailing past criminal cases and incidents in County Wexford.
Crime
The murder of Elizabeth Reck
On the 10th of July, 1931, a 65-year-old woman called Elizabeth Reck was savagely beaten to death near her home in Castlebridge, Co. Wexford.
Crime
The murder of William Hannan
Newsagent William Hannan, 65, was found beaten at his Cinema Lane shop on 8 March 1958 and died the following morning. The murder remains unsolved.
Crime
Simon Bloom and the murder of Mary Anne Wildes
In May 1910, Simon Bloom murdered 18-year-old Mary Anne Wildes in his apartment above a bar in Wexford Town. Declared insane, he was confined to Dundrum Criminal Lunatic Asylum and later emigrated to Chicago under a new identity.
Crime
The murder of Garda Seamus Quaid
Detective Garda Seamus Quaid, an All-Ireland hurling champion with Wexford, was murdered in 1980 near Cleariestown while investigating an IRA bank robbery.
Crime
The murder of Rebecca French
Four men received ten-year sentences for impeding the prosecution of Rebecca French’s murder in Wexford after a legal technicality collapsed the murder charge.
Crime
The Disappearance of Fiona Sinnott
Fiona Sinnott, a 19-year-old mother from County Wexford, disappeared on 8 February 1998 after leaving a pub in Broadway. She has not been seen since. Broadway It was Sunday, 8 February 1998. The song Doctor Jones by Aqua was at the top of the singles charts, and the film Titanic was setting box office records. […]