Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí is Ireland’s eighth national park, and the largest so far, centred around the area of Corca Dhuibhne, Co Kerry. Here's everything you need to know about it irishtimes.com/environment/20…

Introducing Ireland's newest and largest National Park 🌊🌼🌳

And one of Kerry's newest attractions and amenities

Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara Ciarraí

National Parks and Wildlife Service #Kerry

A historic day for Kerry with the development of 70,000 acres of new National Park in the county

Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara 🌊

Hard to believe this is eight years ago today #Banna #Casement

A historic day commemorating Casement's landing at Banna

Spoke with Morning Ireland from a kitchen in a house near Ballykissane Pier!

Kerry 1916-1923 #Kerry

rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

#OnThisDay 1916 Sir Roger Casement landed at Banna Strand, Kerry via the German submarine U-19. Suffering from an illness, Casement was too weak to travel & was arrested within a few hours at McKenna Fort. His plans to cancel or to arm the Rising had failed.
#Ireland #History

Kerry is the Kingdom ☀️

Discover Kerry

Kerry County Council - Comhairle Contae Chiarraí

Report from this week's edition of Kerry's Eye on new research on the nature and extent of killings in #Kerry during the Civil War

The research from the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project here:

ucc.ie/en/theirishrev…

Utterly despicable that we citizens pay for this. Thoughts and prayers for Aisling’s family and friends who must be very upset…. independent.ie/irish-news/cou…

Richard McElligott Fantastic - that's going to be a great event Richard!

The 'Echoes of Civil War' conference takes place at the Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy on 26 April.

I'm looking forward to speaking about the 1923 election in Kerry and post-Civil War political sentiment

CivilWarInKerry

Free to attend: echoesofcivilwar.com/news/

So dignified but so powerful

Unconscionable suffering

May they rest in peace 🙏

Forthcoming this autumn -⁦ Dr. Jennifer Redmond⁩ & ⁦Dr Mary McAuliffe⁩ (eds) ‘The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland’-new & original research in often marginised,hidden & contested areas of Irish gender / LGBTI histories-pre order now fourcourtspress.ie/books/2024/the…

Leaving the board of directors of Naíolann Solais Childcare Centre in Milltown after after concluding a three-year term on the board.

A hugely rewarding time working with volunteer directors and a dedicated staff and management so devoted to providing an excellent service 👏

The 48 who never came home.

Hoping the families can find some solace after all these years. RIP

This week, 100 years ago, the release of republican prisoners from jail continues.

This report from the Kerryman on 19 April 1924 mentions the release of Michael Duhig and Tadhg Brosnan of #Castlegregory .

Brosnan was one of the Kerry reps at the IRA convention in 1922

The men were wrongly convicted for the murder of Thomas Browne near Scartaglin in 1882 and hanged in early 1883.

m.independent.ie/regionals/kerr…

16 April 1172: The King of England Henry II departed from Ireland OTD. He had landed in Waterford in October 1171 with a powerful force of well-equipped knights, archers and foot soldiers. He never returned to our shores.
Irelandinhistory.blogspot.com

Gonna go out on a limb here and predict that I sell more copies of 'Ballymacandy' and 'No Middle Path'

BallymacandyAmbush CivilWarInKerry

A most welcome development

A good summary of the case here:

odonohoearchive.com/murder-without…