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Cian Manning lives in Waterford, Ireland. Having studied at University College Cork he has written for a number of publications and blogs on subjects from book reviews to murder trials. His work has appeared in Hidden Gems: Forgotten People, Pog Mo Goal and City Edition, the match programme for League of Ireland football team Cork City.

Irish History

Ireland’s Woodstock: the anti-nuclear protests at Carnsore Point

Cian Manning Jan 23, 2016 2

A spectre hung over a Wexford beach - and all Irish society - in the 1970s: that of “Nuke Power”. In the ballad the House Down in Carne, this was described as “a terror" that promised to poison your children, and even strangle your poor…