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Abstract
County Antrim, Ireland, 1711: Eight women were put on trial accused of bewitching and demonically possessing young Mary Dunbar, amid an attack by evil spirits on the local community and after the supernatural murder of a clergyman’s wife. Mary Dunbar was the star witness in this trial, and the women were, by the standards of the time, believable witches – they dabbled in magic, they smoked, they drank, they had disabilities. A second trial targeted a final male ‘witch’ and head of the Sellor ‘witch family’.
With echoes of the Salem witch-hunt, this is a story of murder, of a community in crisis and of how the witchhunts that claimed over 50,000 lives in Europe played out on Irish shores. It plunges the reader into a world where magic was real and the power of the Devil felt, with disastrous consequences.
With echoes of the Salem witch-hunt, this is a story of murder, of a community in crisis and of how the witchhunts that claimed over 50,000 lives in Europe played out on Irish shores. It plunges the reader into a world where magic was real and the power of the Devil felt, with disastrous consequences.
Original language | English |
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Publisher | History Press |
Number of pages | 256 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1803992709 |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 2 Dec 2024 |
Bibliographical note
New expanded and revised editionKeywords
- New edition
- witchcraft
- Islandmagee Witches
- magic
- history
- Ireland
- County Antrim
- demonic possession
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University of Texas at El Paso
Sneddon, A. (Visiting researcher) & Mc Collum, V. (Visiting researcher)
7 Mar 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Secret Bookshelf Bookshop: Writing 'The Islandmagee Witches' Graphic Novel
Sneddon, A. (Speaker) & Mc Collum, V. (Speaker)
1 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The Islandmagee Witches Hub: Carrickfergus Museum
Sneddon, A. (Curator), McCollum, V. (Curator), Murphy, S. (Curator), Minter, S. (Developer), Coyle, B. (Developer) & Melvin, A. (Performer), 23 Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Demonised: Bewitched and Possessed
Jackson, H. (Creator), Sneddon, A. (Creator) & McCollum, V. (Creator), 14 Jan 2023, (Published online)Research output: Non-textual form › Device/Product
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Demonised: The Islandmagee Witches (Video Game Demo)
Coyle, B. (Creator), Minter, S. (Creator), McCollum, V. (Creator) & Sneddon, A. (Creator), 9 Sept 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Device/Product
Press/Media
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Disney/ Nat. Geo. Channel, 'Witches: Truth Behind the Trials'
1/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Belfast Telegraph Podcast: 'The Story of Islandmagee Witch Trial in Ireland'
30/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Witch Hunt Podcast: 'Irish Witch Trials with Dr Andrew Sneddon'
7/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities