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The Missing Postman: What Really Happened to Larry Griffin?

by Fachtna O. Drisceoil

A 1929 disappearance in rural Waterford

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A 1929 disappearance in rural Waterford

Larry Griffin, a postman in Stradbally, County Waterford, failed to return home from work on Christmas Day 1929. His abandoned bicycle was the only trace described here; although no body was found, ten local people were charged with his murder. Fachtna O. Drisceoil’s book takes this disappearance and its unresolved circumstances as the basis for a true-crime account. The available description establishes the central mystery and the charges, but offers little detail about the investigation or the people involved.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in historical true crime and missing-person cases.
  • Readers curious about a crime case set in County Waterford, Ireland.

Themes

A missing personA murder charge without a recovered bodyRural Irish history

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Book overview

Christmas Day 1929 was an ordinary working day for Larry Griffin, the postman in Stradbally, Co. Waterford. But he didn't return home after work. Apart from an abandoned bicycle on a country road, no trace of him could be found. Despite the lack of a body, ten local people were charged with his murder. The defendants included two garda
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