Episode 15- The girl behind the wall- The murder of Sarah McGarry- 1901

Send us Fan MailOn a cold spring morning in 1901, the quiet streets of Galway stirred with a terror they had never known. A young woman—Sarah McGarry, just twenty‑three years old—was found brutally slain, her life stolen in the narrow hours before dawn. What followed was a storm of rumour, outrage, and fear that swept through the town like a rising tide.In a community already strained by poverty, suspicion, and the shifting social sands of a new century, Sarah’s murder became more than a crime—it became a reckoning. Neighbours whispered behind closed doors. Families locked their windows. And the authorities, desperate for answers, found themselves entangled in a case where every clue seemed to twist into another question.Who killed Sarah McGarry?Why was she targeted?And how did this single act of violence expose the darker undercurrents running beneath Galway’s respectable surface?Step into the gaslit gloom as we peel back the layers of a case that shocked a town, haunted a nation, and left a legacy of unanswered questions that still echo through the streets of Galway today.This is Murder Under Gaslight.And this… is the story of Sarah McGarry.