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Rosalind Crone, historical consultant on the BBC series Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, reveals what six murder cases tell us about women’s lives in the 19th century
Among numerous notices published by the News Letter during this week in 1792 was one concerning the re-capture of a six prisoners who had escaped from Downpatrick gaol.
Thomas Russell, a founding leader of the revolutionary society of the United Irishmen, was executed by British crown forces in Downpatrick Gaol on this day, 21st October 1803.