Dublin Hanged
Crime, Law Enforcement & Punishment in Late 18th c. Dublin
Crime in Dublin is as old as the City. Kilmainham Gaol was built in response to it, and this excellent book looks at those hanged around the time it was built.
Statistics, names, crimes .,, they're all here, with information on the formation of the police etc. but it is a pity there is nothing on the hangmen, without whom
This is a primer for students of the period, but is also a very interesting book for anyone who wishes to know more of it.
One omission - there is no information on the hangmen themselves, the finishers of the law without whom this book would have been impossible.