Who Killed Una Lynskey?, 9781405959728
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Irish murder, flawed justice, vengeance, and a community shattered forever.

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

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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
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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Critics Review

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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