Seventeen men, who paid the ultimate price for their crimes on the gallows, have been lowered into the earth deep within the walls of Crumlin Road Gaol in plain wooden coffins. The first was in 1854, the last in 1961. This is the story of execution in Belfast and of the men - soldier and terrorist, labourer and tramp, American Jew and farmer - who were prepared to take a life; of the men, women and children who were their victims; and the hangmen the State paid to kill on the public's behalf. It is a remarkable story, often sad and gruesome, occasionally quirky but always fascinating.
- ISBN13 9781780730493
- Publish Date 13 December 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Colourpoint Creative Ltd
- Imprint Colourpoint Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English