NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2023 — History tells us that in December 1883, Patrick O’Donnell was hanged for the murder of James Carey, the leader of the infamous Phoenix Park Killers and the most notorious and hated informer in Irish history. Carey had brutally slain one of England’s highest, and there would be a price to pay. O’Donnell, who never concealed his killing of Carey, spent his final days in the death cell of Newgate Prison. But there is much more to his story than was ever revealed — until now. In his unforgettable new book, The Execution, Life and Times of Patrick O’Donnell, author Gavin O’Donnell reconstructs the story of Patrick’s…