Owen O'Shea
Author, Historian, Researcher of Irish Politics and Irish History
Member of Irish Association of Professional Historians
Member of Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Latest Article from my Blog
Bridie Wren: The Queen of Balochistan
Quite a number of sons and daughters of Kerry have gone out from Ireland and made significant marks in their adopted countries but few underwent the transformation that a young nurse from Tarbert experienced after she met and was smitten by the son of a chieftain from India. Few got to represent their people in government, run successful companies or earned the love and respect of her adopted people as Jennifer Wren, later Jehan Zeba,
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.
Bridie Wren: The Queen of Balochistan
Quite a number of sons and daughters of Kerry have gone out from Ireland and made significant marks in their adopted countries but few underwent the transformation that a young
Bloody Sunday 1972: from the memoir of Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry South, John O’Leary
One event in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s tested the mettle of those of us in Fianna Fáil who were hoping that the Troubles could be ended by peaceful
Reporting the Revolution: Kerry newspapers 1920 – 1923
My presentation to the Daniel O’Connell School 2021 which took place in Cahersiveen in October. The presentation deals with how the newspapers in Kerry reported on the turbulent events in
