
Who Killed Una Lynskey?
a true story of murder, vigilante justice and the garda ‘heavy gang’
$32.75
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2025
Summary
The Lynskey Tragedy: Murder, Vengeance, and a Community Betrayed
October 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in County Meath, Ireland. On flimsy grounds, authorities quickly identify three local young men as suspects. Within days of discovering her body, members of Una’s family brutally beat one of the accused to death.
This true story unravels a tragedy in a quiet rural community, a miscarriage of justice that jailed the wrong men, and a failure to br…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781405959728 |
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ISBN-10: | 140595972X |
Author: | Mick Clifford |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 368 |
Release Date: | 26 March 2025 |
Weight: | 259g |
Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Meticulously researched and clearly written chronicle of the nightmares endured by several families * Irish Times *A grim, unsettling and sometimes desperately sad book - but also an undeniably important one * Irish Independent *A fantastic book – Pat Kenny * Newstalk *Compelling * Irish Independent *Written with great gusto – Brendan O’Connor * RTÉ Radio One *Terrific and at the same time terrifying … superb – Eamon Dunphy * The Stand *A brilliant book – Nicola Tallant * Crime World Podcast *Fascinating * Radio Kerry *
About The Author
Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford is Special Correspondent for the Irish Examiner. He has worked in print and broadcast journalism for over twenty years. He is the author of three non-fiction books, including Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia (with Shane Coleman) and A Force for Justice- The Maurice McCabe Story, and two crime novels. In 2014, TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne selected him as Journalist of the Year for his coverage of the garda whistle-blower story. He was named the newspaper industry’s Journalist of the Year in 2016. He lives in Dublin.
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