The Kilkenny Incest Case

This book tells the horrifying but true story of Alison Cooper from Kilkenny, Ireland, who was systematically raped, abused and beaten by her father for 16 years.

Alison describes how her father

• raped her when she was just ten years old
• fathered her child when she was fifteen
• forced her to take pornographic pictures of her mother
• smashed her fingers with a lump hammer
• blinded her in one eye with a kick in the face

The court case and book resulted in a public outcry and a government inquiry, and led to a change in the criminal law in Ireland.