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• The Abduction Craze

  

  by Annette Black, Wicklow — 23rd August 2013

  As the night grows deeper and the sounds of the city soften, a carriage turns to cross the Essex Bridge. Inside is a beautiful young lady, a wealthy heiress with little on her mind other than who she might dance with at the castle ball. Suddenly the carriage halts upon...

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  Grattan Bridge

  Built in 1875

• Kidnapped!

  

  by Annette Black, Wicklow — 23rd August 2013

  It was a most public kidnapping. The ragged, dirty lad was caught between burly manservants, hauled forcibly down the quays and over the Essex Bridge. Urchins and message boys, sailors and soldiers, maidservants and street sellers joined the cat calling crowd which followed until the bawling youngster was bundled into...

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  Grattan Bridge

  Built in 1875