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Shay Return's with an Unsolved of a missing postman in Stradbally in Laois Ireland. What happened? Where did he go?
Books mentioned
Donal Cadogan: Kilkenny's Deadly Years - Murders Trials and Executions in Kilkenny 1823-1923
The Missing Postman
The Missing Postman - Larry Griffin - Mercier Press
Missing.ie the Irish site which shares the missing people of Ireland Missing Irish People
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References to articles used in this episode:
- Wikipedia. (2024). Disappearance of Larry Griffin. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Larry_Griffin [Accessed 11 Jul. 2024].
- The Irish Times. (n.d.). Mystery still surrounds 1929 disappearance of Co Waterford postman. [online] Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/mystery-still-surrounds-1929-disappearance-of-co-waterford-postman-1.4125610 [Accessed 11 Jul. 2024].
- Irish Independent. (2011). The missing postman. [online] Available at: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-missing-postman/26713401.html [Accessed 11 Jul. 2024].
- Cárthaigh, S.M. (2023). The Mysterious Disappearance of Larry Griffin: A Kilmacthomas Mystery. [online] Steps Back Thru Time. Available at: https://www.stepsbackthrutime.ie/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-larry-griffin-a-kilmacthomas-mystery/ [Accessed 11 Jul. 2024].
- The Irish Times. (n.d.). The strange case of the country postman who vanished one Christmas Day. [online] Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-strange-case-of-the-country-postman-who-vanished-one-christmas-day-1.565467 [Accessed 11 Jul. 2024].
- Express, M. (2020). Remembering The Missing Postman. [online] The Munster Express. Available at: https://www.munster-express.ie/farming/remembering-the-missing-postman/ [Accessed 11 Jul. 2024].
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