{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9190bee0-95f3-400b-842d-3232974654ec/663a3596a91ea40012462984?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From Dublin to Devil's Island - The Life & Crimes of Vere Goold","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/619566332eacc3a360702518/1715089518210-ddf5adc704b1b3c0a121f52b4383c0d7.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 1879 Vere Goold was a celebrity in Ireland. After winning Ireland’s first tennis championship, he reached the prestigious Wimbledon final later in the year.</p><p><br></p><p>Exactly 30 years later he would die in the most notorious prison in the world –&nbsp;Devil’s Island.</p><p><br></p><p>Known as the 'dry guillotine' the conditions in the French penal colony were horrendous.</p><p><br></p><p>However few had sympathy for the Irish aristocrat.</p><p><br></p><p>His&nbsp;crime had been unspeakable and shocked the world.</p><p><br></p><p>This is the Life &amp; Crimes of Vere Goold.</p><p>-----</p><p>As a listener to the show you can get a 30% discount off everything in the shop at https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/shop when you use the code SALE30.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Fin Dwyer"}