Waterford's Queen of the New Orleans brothel

Did you know that Waterford's Queen of the New Orleans brothel was a woman known as Kate Townsend?Cian Manning knew... and he came on air with Ollie and Dymphna to discuss her life.While little certainty about her life is had, it is accepted that she left behind two children in Liverpool to travel overseas.While in New Orleans, she became a sex worker of some notoriety and open a now famous brothel on Basin Street.Kate's story is one of money, intrigue, business, and eventually, murder.Click on the link to listen back in full to this week's festure with historian Cian Manning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.