Dr Marie Cassidy Investigates Ireland's Last Witch Trial

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11:15 PM to 12:15 AM

Thursday 29 October

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Former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy brings a scientific perspective to Ireland's last witch trial, which took place in 1711 on Islandmagee, a peninsula 20 miles north of Belfast. When rumours circulated that 18-year-old Mary Dunbar was demonically possessed, she accused eight local women of practicing the witchcraft which she said was causing her torment. The trial that would follow their arrest would be hugely controversial and widely publicised