In the 1830s the British politican George Lewis described the fate of an informer in Ireland as a man “doomed to certain death….he would be hunted through the country like a mad dog every hand would be raised against him”.
This was something of an understatement in some cases.
In 1816 Edward Lynch became an informer. A few months later this resulted in one of the most notorious crimes in pre-famine Ireland – The Massacre of Wildgoose Lodge……
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My Name is Fin Dwyer, I am 36 year old historian, author and podcaster. I studied archaeology and Greek and Roman Civilisation in University College Dublin and completed a masters in archaeology in 2004. Find out why I started Irish History Podcasts.
