True crime meets local history. Murder Most Local: Historic Murders of North Cork covers over thirty historical murders in the North Cork area. The map from Mitchelstown in the east all the ways to the Kerry border is dotted with killings. Each one is unique and different. Men and women are driven by different motives- love, money, drink, madness- but the most common in North Cork are disputes over land.

At times it is obvious who has done it, but some murders remain unsolved. You will have to make your own mind up. Many Irish people grow up with a romantic view of Ireland long ago, that view will be challenged after reading this. How the justice system dealt with each case is also included. It’s amazing at times the seemingly guilty party gets away with it and in other cases; a man is hung on far less evidence.