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Hidden Histories: Murder Inc and Bohola

The village of Bohola in Mayo is a quiet place. It has a population of 203, and its Wikipedia say...

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11.03 12 May 2019


Hidden Histories: Murder Inc and Bohola


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11.03 12 May 2019


The village of Bohola in Mayo is a quiet place. It has a population of 203, and its Wikipedia says “it consists of 2 pubs, a post office, and a Catholic Church.”

Yet Bohola produced the remarkale O’Dwyer brothers, William and Paul O’Dwyer. Emigrating to the United States at young ages, the O’Dwyer’s became leading figures in the New York legal and political arenas in the 1930s and 40s, with William central to the prosecutions that led to the eventual collapse of the infamous ‘Murder Inc.’ mafia.

Donal Fallon tells us all about this remarkable pair.


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