The reporter relayed two tragedies; the first, the Kirwan case, is a well-documented murder mystery from 1852 which previously featured in Lost Leads. On a winter night in 1803, a ship belonging to the East India Company was wrecked by a storm in the waters surrounding Ireland’s Eye, according to the article. A view of Ireland’s Eye from Howth, late 19th century. “At that time it was the custom for everyone present at a wake to lay one hand on the body,” reads the piece. “The hue and cry went forth, and the fugitive, seeing no hope of escape by land, conceived the desperate expedient of swimming to Ireland’s Eye.

Source: The Irish Times September 30, 2018 09:02 UTC