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<p>The former workhouse at Bahaghs near Caherciveen, Co Kerry was used as a makeshift detention centre during the Civil War. In March, 1923, National Army troops took out five republican prisoners, shot them in the legs, and then blew them up. Picture: Alan Landers</p>

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<p>Anti-Treaty IRA prisoner being escorted by National Army troops patrolling the Kerry-Limerick border area in 1922. Picture: National Library of Ireland</p>

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