‘Three Cheers for Castleisland’ – The Innocence of John Twiss

‘Three Cheers for Castleisland’ – The Innocence of John Twiss

When Cordal’s, John Twiss was arrested on April 25th. 1894, within days of the brutal murder, at Glenlara, of farm caretaker James Donovan, he explained to officers that he and his sister Jane were financially dependent on the tolls of a local Kerry fair. The fair, he informed them, was imminent, and he asked if…