Tríd an Lionsa

Marú i dTír Chonaill (1x2)

Air date: Nov 01, 2015

The second programme in the series tells the story of a photograph which led to the collapse of a murder case. This is Derry photographer James Glass’s photograph of Donegal native William Coll. Coll, along with 24 other men and women escaped the death penalty while on trial for the murder of Land Inspector William Martin, thanks to a photo of a humble thatched cottage taken by Glass. The case collapsed as the photograph powerfully illustrated to the jury the grim living conditions of the average Donegal tenant. The 1889 trial was one of the first in the country to use photographic evidence.