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
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Brother against brother: the Civil War in Kerry
The Irish Civil War has often been described as the war of the brothers. Families were sometimes split down the middle in disagreement over the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. The case of one south Kerry family illustrates how divisive the Civil War could be and how brother was often pitted against brother in the battle of Free State versus Republic. Thomas and Patrick O’Donoghue grew up on a small farm in the
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.
Brother against brother: the Civil War in Kerry
The Irish Civil War has often been described as the war of the brothers. Families were sometimes split down the middle in disagreement over the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
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
