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
Latest Article from my Blog
Dark days in Kerry: the murder of Sgt James Woods in 1923 and its shocking aftermath
On 3 December 1923, Garda Sergeant James Woods was murdered during an armed robbery at Scartaglin Garda Station in rural Kerry. In the days and weeks which followed, a young servant boy was shot in the back, the son of a local blacksmith was killed in cold blood on the roadside and a lieutenant in the Free State Army was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The shocking incidents were rooted in personal and
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.
Dark days in Kerry: the murder of Sgt James Woods in 1923 and its shocking aftermath
On 3 December 1923, Garda Sergeant James Woods was murdered during an armed robbery at Scartaglin Garda Station in rural Kerry. In the days and weeks which followed, a young
New memoir of ‘Chub’ O’Connor to be published
The first ever account of the life and times of the former Fianna Fáil TD, county councillor, greyhound owner and successful businessman, Timothy ‘Chub’ O’Connor will be published in his
The TD who was too young to vote for herself
The extraordinary and dramatic story of the 1956 by-election in Kerry North and the candidate who was too young to vote for herself When the Clann na Poblachta TD for
