The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond

Histories, memories and legacies

Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe and Owen O’Shea, editors

The Irish Civil War was fought with a greater intensity, violence and longevity in Co. Kerry than in any other Irish county, leaving behind a bitter and divisive legacy that endured for generations. Drawing on new archival material and offering previously unexplored interpretations and analyses of events, this collection of essays sets the tumultuous and traumatic events in Kerry in their local and national contexts and provides new understandings about why the divisions in the county were so traumatic and long-lasting. 

Contributors: Thomas Earls Fitzgerald, Daithí Ó Corráin, Orson McMahon, Richard McElligott, Liz Gillis, Hélène O’Keeffe, Fionnuala Walsh, Kieran McNulty, Mary McAuliffe, Owen O’Shea, Tomás Mac Conmara, Leanne Lane, Lisa McElligott, John Dorney and Philip Doyle. 

Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe and Owen O’Shea organized and hosted the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023, which was part of the State’s Decade of Centenaries Programme. They are co-editors of Kerry 1916: histories and legacies of the Easter Rising – a centenary record (2016).