In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official theory that she drowned in the River Dargle, the unanswered questions surrounding that day, and her family’s decades-long fight to find Priscilla, and ensure that Ireland’s unidentified dead are treated with dignity.

This episode was researched, written and hosted by Jenny Claffey.

Sources:

An Garda Síochána — Priscilla Clarke Missing Person Profile

The Journal — The Injustice in the Search for Missing Woman Priscilla Clarke

Missing Irish People — Priscilla Clarke, Co. Wicklow

The Irish Times — Exhume Body, Say Family of Missing Woman

RTÉ Radio 1 — The Disappearance of Priscilla Clarke

RTÉ Prime Time — 22 Bodies: Identifying Ireland’s Anonymous Dead

Irish Examiner — Sister of Missing Priscilla Clarke Fears She May Lie in an Unmarked Grave

Irish Examiner — Handling of Unidentified Human Remains Shows “Lack of Dignity”

RTÉ Prime Time — Details Released on Unidentified Remains Are Only the Beginning

TheJournal.ie — “1980s Ireland was a different world”: The injustice in the search for missing woman Priscilla Clarke