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Read more about the article Calls to remember Free State soldiers from Kerry

Calls to remember Free State soldiers from Kerry

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:April 23, 2023
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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…

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Read more about the article Stories of Free State soldiers killed in Civil War in Kerry must not be forgotten, commemoration told

Stories of Free State soldiers killed in Civil War in Kerry must not be forgotten, commemoration told

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:March 6, 2023
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Deaths of National Army fighters have been overshadowed by atrocities committed against republicans by their superior officers

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Read more about the article Tuairisc Nuacht TG4 ar chomóradh céad bliain na mbásanna agus ar Chnoc na gCaiseal agus Baile Uí Shíoda

Tuairisc Nuacht TG4 ar chomóradh céad bliain na mbásanna agus ar Chnoc na gCaiseal agus Baile Uí Shíoda

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:March 3, 2023
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Read more about the article What happened during Kerry’s ‘Terror Month’?

What happened during Kerry’s ‘Terror Month’?

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:March 3, 2023
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Donal Byrne has been looking at what happened at Ballyseedy, and in other parts of Kerry, during what became known as the "Terror Month".

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Read more about the article Civil War atrocities such as Ballyseedy served only to prolong the conflict in Kerry, historian argues

Civil War atrocities such as Ballyseedy served only to prolong the conflict in Kerry, historian argues

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:March 3, 2023
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Author Owen O’Shea says Paddy O’Daly and other officers of the Kerry Command were given sanction for atrocities by their political leaders

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Read more about the article Extended: One hundred years on from March 1923 – The Civil War’s ‘Murder Month’

Extended: One hundred years on from March 1923 – The Civil War’s ‘Murder Month’

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:February 24, 2023
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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…

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Read more about the article Descendants of two Kerry Civil War atrocities to be invited to commemoration

Descendants of two Kerry Civil War atrocities to be invited to commemoration

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:February 22, 2023
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Five soldiers were killed by landmine at Knocknagoshel and eight prisoners were killed in retaliation at Ballyseedy

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Read more about the article ‘In today’s terms, they were war crimes’: The ageing children of Ireland’s Civil War generation remember

‘In today’s terms, they were war crimes’: The ageing children of Ireland’s Civil War generation remember

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:January 21, 2023
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The horrors inflicted during the conflict are still rarely spoken of but they continue to haunt an elderly generation

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Read more about the article Irish Civil War: ‘Rather gruesome to talk of’ — Why the conflict in Kerry was so bitter and divisive

Irish Civil War: ‘Rather gruesome to talk of’ — Why the conflict in Kerry was so bitter and divisive

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:January 7, 2023
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A wall of silence has long surrounded the scale and brutality of the violence in Kerry, not least the deaths of 173 people

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Read more about the article The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry

The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:October 22, 2022
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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…

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Read more about the article The Civil War and Its Toxic Legacy

The Civil War and Its Toxic Legacy

  • Post author:Owen O'Shea
  • Post published:June 13, 2022
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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…

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New biography of revolutionary leader Austin Stack

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History of Kerry village to be re-published in 40th anniversary edition

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The Blueblouses : a forgotten women’s organisation

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Books by Owen O'Shea

Heirs to the Kingdom: Kerry’s Political Dynasties by Owen O'Shea

Heirs to the Kingdom: Kerry’s Political Dynasties

Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record

Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record

A century of politics in the kingdom

A Century of Politics in the Kingdom

Kerry: History and Society

Kerry: History and Society

Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush)

Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush

No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry

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