The killing of Garda Clerkin

When Jamie Mac Giolla Bhain first started looking into the resignation of Ireland’s fifth President, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, he had no idea he had a family connection to that often overlooked but surprising and significant political development in 1976. Some Irish history from fifty years ago in late October that you may have missed is now captured in Thundering Disgrace: The Assassination of a British Ambassador, the Murder of Garda Michael Clerkin, and a Presidential Resignation, 50 Years on.