What a privilege to have visited Fron-goch in north Wales this week where 1,800 Irish Volunteers were interned following the Easter Rising in 1916, among them 37 Kerrymen Really moving to visit a place so central to the story of the campaign for Irish Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪

One for the diary 📅 Will be speaking with Dr Mary McAuliffe at the #Sneem Summer Festival on Saturday 20th July at 5.30pm The focus is on the Civil War in south Kerry, its aftermath and the afterlives of those involved in the war See you there! CivilWarInKerry Merrion Press

Thrilled to acquire a unique painting of the home of Annie Cronin of Cumann na mBan produced by the gifted #Killarney artist, Dolores Lyne Dolores first came across Annie's story in my book on the #Ballymacandy Ambush and portrays her role in making explosives for the local IRA

"Afterlives: the Civil War in and its Aftermath in South Kerry and Beyond" at the Sneem Summer Festival A public lecture with Dr Mary McAuliffe and Dr. Owen O'Shea Saturday 20 July at 6.00pm The Little Church in #Sneem Free admission. Donations to festival. All welcome.

On this day, 100 years ago : 5 July 1924 #OTD The Kerryman reports on the second anniversary of the death of Edward Sheehy from Listowel A National Army private, he was the first victim of the Civil War in Kerry when he was killed on 30 June 1922 owenoshea.ie/books/no-middl…

On this day, 5 July 1924 #OTD The ongoing imprisonment of Kerry TD Austin Stack is raised in the Dáil with President Cosgrave Stack, from #Tralee, a former Minister for Home Affairs, was finally released in July 1924 owenoshea.ie/books/no-middl…

Book signing #booksigning 📚 Owen O'Shea will be signing copies of 'No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry' at the Sneem Bookshop on Saturday, 20 July at 4.00pm Part of the #Sneem Summer Festival 2024 Merrion Press Sneem Storytelling

On this day : 11 July 1921 #OTD The very last victim of Ireland's War of Independence died on the streets of #Killarney Hannah Carey was killed just moments before the Truce came into effect Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland 🇮🇪 The Irish Story CivilWarInKerry owenoshea.ie/killarney-woma…

Looking forward to this seminal publication 📚 Delighted to have made a small contribution to telling to the story of the Civil War in Ireland CivilWarInKerry #CivilWarinIreland

Thrilled to be part of the programme for the #Sneem Summer Festival along with Dr Mary McAuliffe We will be speaking about the Civil War in south Kerry and beyond ... ⛪️The Little Church 📅 Saturday 20 July ⏲️ 6.00pm Fáilte roimh chách. Free admission sneemfestivals.ie/home/whats-on

If you're at SneemFamilyFestival on Saturday, I will be signing copies of 'No Middle Path: The Civil War in Kerry' at the Sneem Book Shop from 4pm 📚 Ahead of a public lecture on the Civil War in south Kerry and beyond with Dr Mary McAuliffe in the Little Church at 6.00pm ⛪️

Thanks to the team at Sneem Summer Festival for hosting our talk on the Civil War in Kerry at Little Church in #Sneem Beautiful venue and so appropriate to speak near the burial place of revolutionary Gobnait Ní Bhruadair who was shot and injured during the Civil War.

As the Paris #Olympics get underway, the remarkable story of the Kerry MP who was Ireland's first Olympic medal winner at Athens in 1896 John Pius Mary Boland was MP for South Kerry between 1900 and 1918 He won the singles and doubles tennis in Athens owenoshea.ie/the-kerry-mp-w…

Gobnait was shot in the leg by National Army forces during the Civil War in 1923

Excited to be working on a new publication with Bridget McAuliffe and Dr Mary McAuliffe who I worked with to organise and host the CivilWarInKerry Conference in 2022 #history #books #Kerry Watch this space! 📚 📖

"Here was Mick Collins in the middle of a Civil War, coming to his home area ... That was the time to get rid of him." Dan Mulvihill of the Kerry IRA shed no tears on the death of #MichaelCollins on this day 1922 My biography of Mulvihill from Merrion Press coming in 2025

📅 25 October 2024 @ucd_research @erc_research A new The Age of Civil Wars in Europe, 1914-1949 workshop. You can attend online! 'Languages and Concepts of European Civil Wars, 1914-1949' organized by Sofya Anisimova, with Konstantin Tarasov Síobhra Aiken Sami Suodenjoki. . #CivilWar #ERC civil-wars.eu/workshops/

On this day, 26 August 1989 – the death occurred of Patrick Connor Scarteen, Fine Gael TD for Kerry South 1961-69 His brothers, Tom and John, who were National Army officers, were killed at their home in Kenmare during the Civil War on 9 September 1922 rb.gy/5eu22f

On this day 101 years ago #OTD 27 August 1923: a general election takes place in Ireland, the first after the end of the Civil War earlier that year Despite incidents of violence, the poll is held without interference and is openly contested by pro- and anti-Treaty parties

I was thrilled to receive my PhD in History from University College Dublin today. Couldn't have done it without the support and encouragement of my loving family, my supervisor Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, and a scholarship from the Irish Research Council 🎓 #UCD #PhD