Melancholy Madness: A Coroner's Casebook

Bizarre tales of murder and investigation in the drumlins, valleys and towns of Monaghan in the nineteenth century, based upon a casebook just recently discovered that has never been lodged in any archive anywhere. This is NEW information and highlights such cases as: The Illigitimate Half-Sisters Of Oscar Wilde - Emily and Mary Wilde died tragically at Drumaconner House while dancing by the fire - their deaths are kept quiet so as not to shame Sir William Wilde. The Legend Of The Sleepwalking Nun - Sister Mary Keogh is discovered drowned in the Convent lake near the Crannog - to this day, local legend tells the story of her death.

• | Author: Michelle McGoff-McCann
• | Publisher: Mercier Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 27, 2004
• | Number of Pages: 464 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1856354245
• | ISBN-13: 9781856354240