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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The Kerry postal clerk suspended for having the wrong surname
Rosalie Rice worked as a sorting clerk and telegraphist at Kenmare Post Office when the Civil War began. She was a member of a family which was immersed in Irish republicanism. In 1916, she sent the telegram to the Valentia Cable Station – where her cousins Timothy and Eugene Ring – which, in turn, was sent to the United States to alert Irish America that the Easter Rising had begun. Rosalie’s brother, John Joe, was
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.
The Kerry postal clerk suspended for having the wrong surname
Rosalie Rice worked as a sorting clerk and telegraphist at Kenmare Post Office when the Civil War began. She was a member of a family which was immersed in Irish
NEW BOOK CATALOGUES TRAGEDY AND SUFFERING OF CIVIL WAR IN KERRY
The violence and divisions of the Civil War in County Kerry were more vicious, bitter and prolonged than anywhere else in Ireland. For generations, the fratricide, murder and executions, and
The murder of 17-year-old Bertie Murphy
One of the saddest and most shocking aspects of the Civil War in County Kerry is the very young age at which many combatants and civilians met their deaths. Several
