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Patrick Connolly Meehan (12 April 1927 – 14 August 1994) [1] was the victim of a controversial miscarriage of justice in Scotland. Although he died a natural death (of throat cancer in Swansea) [2] a number of people involved in the case died violent deaths, in clashes between former associates among Glasgow criminals.
The Castle and Barony of Gadgirth [1] was held by the Chalmer family, [2] originally De Camera, with successive castles and a mansion house overlooking the River Ayr at the border of the Parish of Coylton, the old district of Kyle, now part of South Ayrshire, Scotland.
James Smith of Mauchline was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and confidants. He was born in 1765, son of a Mauchline merchant, [4] Ayrshire, Scotland.In 1775, when he was only ten years, old his father, Robert Smith, a prosperous local merchant, was killed in a riding accident, falling from his horse whilst returning from Ayr. [2]
Police have confirmed a 77-year-old man died after a fire at a residential property. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service crews were called to the blaze on Ferozeshah Road in Devizes, Wiltshire, at ...
An 83-year-old man has died after a fire at a house in Ceredigion. He died at the scene in Drefach, near Llanybydder, after emergency services were called at about 12:20 GMT on Wednesday, Dyfed ...
A man was killed in a house fire Friday afternoon in Minneapolis, and investigators were working to determine what started the blaze. Minneapolis firefighters responded a little before 1 p.m. to ...
Jackson, a 28-year-old prostitute, was found dead in a brothel bedroom at 4 George Street, St Giles, on 9 April 1863. Her throat was cut, and she had been stabbed. Jackson had entered the house with a suspect, a man, at around 7:00 that morning. Despite several witnesses seeing them together, the suspect was never found. [11] 1866 Janet Rogers
David was killed in 1918 at the battle of Flanders Field. [29] The hamlet of Stair lies next to the River Ayr and consists of the Stair Inn, old converted mills, Stair Church, and Stair House. Stair House, a late 16th-/17th-century house beyond the church, was the birthplace of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair.