All good Christmas cocktails start with the story of a murder, so here we go: In Ireland, in early September of 1819, the body of 15-year-old Ellen Hanley was washed ashore on the banks of the River ...

So many stories have been told, in so many ways, about the Colleen Bawn that it is difficult to separate the fact from the fiction. There is the play, an opera, a film, a documentary and a book ...

Shannon Ferry Terminal at Killimer County Clare is where the ‘Colleen Bawn’, fifteen year old Ellen Hanley, murdered in 1819, is buried. Interview with Pierce Cooper, Chairman of Killimer Colleen Bawn ...

The story is shocking. The murder of a young girl at the request of her husband, is still to this day one of Ireland's most talked about crimes. It goes like this- and it's a true story- Ellen Scanlan ...

The tragic story of the “Colleen Bawn” has been the subject of books, plays, films, songs and at least one opera but it is based on fact. The girl was Ellen Hanley and she was brutally murdered at the ...