{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/67b8af8a19249d0c1aadbfcd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"William Hampton: The eccentric English millionaire who left his wealth to Sinn Féin","description":"<p>William Hampton was a nomadic millionaire famously described by Leo Varadkar “a vagabond who lived in a caravan”.&nbsp;Hampton left most of his fortune to Sinn Fein.&nbsp;Unsurprisingly – the party were happy to take the money, and equally unsurprisingly their rivals were quick to criticise that, especially given that the money went north.&nbsp;Now Sinn Féin is set to take in over £80k after a derelict cottage in County Carlow was found to belong to Hampton.&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s Andrew Madden.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}