Calls to remember Free State soldiers from Kerry
Many of the Free State soldiers who died in the Civil War were from Kerry, but they are scarcely recognised or commemorated according to new research by a historian who…
Many of the Free State soldiers who died in the Civil War were from Kerry, but they are scarcely recognised or commemorated according to new research by a historian who…
Deaths of National Army fighters have been overshadowed by atrocities committed against republicans by their superior officers
Donal Byrne has been looking at what happened at Ballyseedy, and in other parts of Kerry, during what became known as the "Terror Month".
Author Owen O’Shea says Paddy O’Daly and other officers of the Kerry Command were given sanction for atrocities by their political leaders
Shane McElhatton, Series Editor, Decade of Commemorations, speaks to Owen O'Shea, Author of 'No Middle Path; The Civil War in Kerry', Dr. Mary McAuliffe, Director of Gender Studies at UCD…
Five soldiers were killed by landmine at Knocknagoshel and eight prisoners were killed in retaliation at Ballyseedy
The horrors inflicted during the conflict are still rarely spoken of but they continue to haunt an elderly generation
A wall of silence has long surrounded the scale and brutality of the violence in Kerry, not least the deaths of 173 people
Returning to the subject of our most popular podcast, Dr Patrick Geoghegan discusses the events and impact of the Irish Civil War with a new panel of experts, focusing particularly…
From June 15th to 8th, University College Cork will host the Irish Civil War Conference, as part of the Government’s Decade of Centenaries Programme. Helen O’ Carroll of Kerry County Museum…