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EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 31 MIN

The Unsolved Disappearance of Priscilla Clarke & Her Families Fight for Justice

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In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official theory that she drowned in the River Dargle, the unanswered questions surrounding that day, and her family’s decades-long fight to find Priscilla, and ensure that Ireland’s unidentified dead are treated with dignity.This episode was researched, written and hosted by Jenny Claffey.Sources:An Garda Síochána — Priscilla Clarke Missing Person ProfileThe Journal — The Injustice in the Search for Missing Woman Priscilla ClarkeMissing Irish People — Priscilla Clarke, Co. WicklowThe Irish Times — Exhume Body, Say Family of Missing WomanRTÉ Radio 1 — The Disappearance of Priscilla ClarkeRTÉ Prime Time — 22 Bodies: Identifying Ireland’s Anonymous DeadIrish Examiner — Sister of Missing Priscilla Clarke Fears She May Lie in an Unmarked GraveIrish Examiner — Handling of Unidentified Human Remains Shows “Lack of Dignity”RTÉ Prime Time — Details Released on Unidentified Remains Are Only the BeginningTheJournal.ie — “1980s Ireland was a different world”: The injustice in the search for missing woman Priscilla ClarkeIrish Independent — New probe into disappearance of PriscillaIrish Independent — Gardaí to begin ‘cold case’ probe into mystery of missing nannyIrish Examiner — Six unidentified remains in two graves in Wexford cemetery, says campaignerTo access bonus weekly episodes of Red Room join Patreon HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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