The Dublin Castle scandal’s “Unspeakable Crime” (1884)

The Dublin Castle homosexual scandal of 1884 is a complex story. It involves more than a dozen characters that were introduced over a series of separate criminal trials. All sections of society were involved. The upper echelons of serving police detectives, eminent civil servants and British Army captains. Aspirational middle-class bank clerks and Trinity college graduates. … Continue reading The Dublin Castle scandal’s “Unspeakable Crime” (1884)