Owen O'Shea
Author, Historian, Researcher of Irish Politics and Irish History
Member of Irish Association of Professional Historians
Member of Political Studies Association of Ireland
PRO of Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
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Forthcoming book based on memoir of key figure in Irish republicanism
In this unrepentant and revealing memoir, (publishing March 2025), Dan Mulvihill, a leading figure in Irish republicanism recounts his fight for an Irish Republic over several decades and his central involvement in key events throughout the twentieth century. Dan Mulvihill was at the heart of many of the most iconic and tumultuous events during Ireland’s revolutionary years. He was an IRA volunteer who fought and killed in the name of Ireland, a loyal ally of
Blog Articles
Occasional meanderings and insights into Kerry’s past with a focus on electioneering, election results, key political figures, political culture, and the dramatic ups and downs of politics in the county over the past century.
Forthcoming book based on memoir of key figure in Irish republicanism
In this unrepentant and revealing memoir, (publishing March 2025), Dan Mulvihill, a leading figure in Irish republicanism recounts his fight for an Irish Republic over several decades and his central
The only Kerry TD at the first meeting of Dáil Éireann
At 3.30 on the afternoon of 21 January 1919 a group of twenty-seven men gathered in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin. Just a month previously, each
The Kerry MP who was Ireland’s first Olympic winner
As the Paris Olympics get underway, it is worth remembering that Ireland’s first Olympic winner had a close Kerry connection. John Pius Mary Boland was the Member of Parliament for
