Pearl Gamble’s murder had caused outrage, not just in Newry but throughout these islands. When McGladdery appeared at Newry Courthouse in April the building was besieged by a huge crowd, most of whom were unable to gain access to the proceedings.
Living History
Historical articles covering the last 60 years
Ghost Ship, Lord Blayney
Michael G Crawford was among a number of people who claimed to have witnessed at first hand the famous ghost-ship of Carlingford Lough, the Lord Blaney.
Mary Martin in 1901 Census
Given the very limited information we have already on Mary (Curran) Martin, how might we find out more?
McGladdery cleans his trail….
McGladdery had thrown the lifeless body in a bunch of thorns at a place known as Weir’s Rocks and flung some of her clothes on top.
Kilkeel People 1916 : 2
It was the year of The Somme and many of Kilkeel’s sons fought and died there. It also was the year of the Carlingford Lough Disaster when the
Newry Strangler
McGladdery had evil intent even before he left the dance hall. He knew where Pearl lived and the exact location of her home. He gambled that any lift she received would drop her ..
Gamble Murder: The grisly remains ..
Her younger daughter Eleanor accompanied Mrs Margaret Gamble and Bob McCullough down to the nearby cross-roads.
They found
Pearl Gamble missing ….
Charles Ashe was out walking his greyhounds as usual early on the morning of Saturday 28th January 1961 when he stumbled upon a single black shoe lying in the middle of the road a few hundred yards beyond Ellen Vale on the
By Suvla’s Waves
Sam and Jack and Rupert Brooke
You might have died with Rupert Brooke,
but septicemia took him off
two days before the V-beach madness