Book review: Short life of Mary mattered

All trace of 14-year-old Mary Doherty faded from view days after her brutal murder in 1844 yet her presence is evident on every single page of this moving book
Book review: Short life of Mary mattered

Historian Angela Byrne set herself the almost impossible task of ‘Finding Mary’, to quote the title of her book.

Sat, 27 Dec, 2025 - 01:00
Clodagh Finn

  • Finding Mary: the untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844 
  • Angela Byrne 
  • Four Courts Press, €11.65

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