At 3.30 on the afternoon of 21 January 1919 a group of twenty-seven men gathered in the Round Room of the Mansion House in Dublin.

As the Paris Olympics get underway, it is worth remembering that Ireland’s first Olympic winner had a close Kerry connection. John Pius Mary Boland was

If you were a passerby on the A-4212 regional road and were unaware of the significance of the site, the only thing that might draw

The extraordinary tale of bribery and booze during the County Council election of 1908 When proceedings began at the courthouse in Castleisland at one o’clock

Oration by Owen O’Shea at the Tralee Municipal District Easter Rising Commemoration in Páirc an Phiarsaigh, Trá Lí on Easter Sunday, 2024 Though 108 years

The Civil War was more violent, brutal and protracted in County Kerry than anywhere else in the country.  New research published by University College Cork

The research of Kerry writer and historian, Owen O’Shea, features in a new book on the 1923 general election. Vying for Victory, edited by Elaine

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

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

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

Twenty-two-year-old Johanna (Hannah) O’Connor had not a care in the world and was in ‘the midst of gaiety’ as she made her way home from

The Blueshirts, a quasi-fascist organisation in the 1930s, had a small but active presence in County Kerry during 1933 and 1934. Their bombastic leader, Eoin

A vicious assault on two sisters in Kenmare a century ago, as the Civil War came to an end, prompted a major political crisis and

A dramatic and tragic four days in one Kerry village during Ireland’s Civil War Jeremiah Hanifin had no known involvement in politics or any particularly

An estimated 14 civilians were killed during the Civil War in Kerry. A list detailing the names and dates of death is attached at the

New research by a Kerry historian has identified at least 31 Free State soldiers from Kerry who died during the Irish Civil War. Drawing on

Not many citizens of the Irish Free State were writing to their prime minister in the 1930s. In an age of greater deference to those

Daniel Sugrue was a man of divided loyalties. Like so many who felt compelled to join the Free State Army, whether through political conviction, military

A special commemorative concert marking the centenary of the Civil War in Kerry will take place at Siamsa Tíre in Tralee next month as part

Mise, le Meas’ draws on original material from combatants and their survivors A unique visual media exhibition which is based on original documents and accounts