A plaque has been unveiled to remember the last witch trial in Ireland which took place in County Antrim in 1711
A plaque has been unveiled in Islandmagee, County Antrim to commemorate the last witch trial on the island of Ireland.
"This was important because this was spectral evidence, it was accepted at the court. Invisible spirits which the [victim] was the only person who could see and there was no medical evidence entered," she added.Ms Devlin said the eight women "fitted the template" of witchcraft at the time. Speaking at the plaque's unveiling at the Gobbins Visitor Centre, Mid and East Antrim Mayor, Alderman Noel Williams, said the council wanted to "make it part of our history".
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