Conspiracy was a four-part radio series which first broadcast in October 2009. Presented by Myles Dungan, the series focused on the clashes, plots and perjuries that characterised notorious trials in Irish legal & political history (1803-1916). Each trial shows how the legal system was contaminated by a political agenda and how that political agenda unwittingly incited great moments of legal drama such as the disintegration of the forger, Richard Pigott under the cross examination of Sir Charles Russell at the Parnell Commission. Other trials include those of Robert Emmet, Daniel O’Connell and the court martials after the Easter Rising. The series was accompanied by a book of the same name, written by Myles Dungan, which was published by the Royal Irish Academy in September 2009. To buy the book, click here

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