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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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Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later

Mick Clifford tells the shameful story of the murder by Free State troops of five young men — and how a senior garda and a civil servant helped thwart the subsequent attempt to cover it up

<p>John O’Shea's relatives included Ned Breslin, a Free State soldier in the party that carried out the Ballyseedy massacre, and George O’Shea, one of the unarmed republicans murdered there. Picture: Domnick Walsh</p>

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Civil War massacre in Ballyseedy marked the darkest day for a family at war

<p>John O’Shea at the Ballyseedy monument. As he tells Mick Clifford in today's 'Irish Examiner', Mr O'Shea had relatives on both sides of the Civil War. One was among the unarmed republicans murdered at Ballyseedy, and another was among the Free State soldiers who perpetrated the massacre. Picture: Domnick Walsh</p>

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Bid to alter official account of Ballyseedy Civil War massacre

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Irish Civil War: Cork and Kerry's darkest days claimed 400 lives

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Irish Civil War: 'Mollie got mental and is definitely mental since' — Kerry pensions data reveals the deep trauma of the conflict

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Irish Civil War: 12 Munster killings that tell the story of the conflict

Man's jaw broken in Halloween assault while walking his girlfriend home

A Halloween assault where the victim was walking his girlfriend home ended with him having his jaw broken.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Court hears woman allegedly caused criminal damage to courthouse during boyfriend's trial

A young woman was arrested and charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice during the jury trial of her boyfriend for firing a shot into a house in Cork injuring a woman.

Thu, 05 Sep, 2019

‘We have no doubt Amy was pining for us on the night she was killed’

The family of the woman murdered by her boyfriend in a squat in Cork spoke yesterday of their relief at the guilty verdict in the case.

Tue, 24 Jul, 2018

Kitchen staff at retirement home startled by burglar

The Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial by indictment yesterday in the case of a burglary at a retirement home where a woman working in the kitchen was startled by an intruder.

Sat, 22 Jul, 2017

Man accused of taxi driver bottle attack refused bail

A taxi driver was caught around the neck by a backseat passenger who held a broken bottle to his neck, it was alleged yesterday during a bail application by the accused man.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2017

Retirement home burglar to plead guilty

A burglar who targeted a retirement home for Presentation Brothers has indicated, through his solicitor, that he would be pleading guilty to the crime.

Sat, 10 Jun, 2017

‘Champions of the World’: Unbeaten Kerry’s first golden years

The Kingdom’s incredible winning streak over 90 years ago was all the more remarkable given the political tensions with the squad, writes Richard McElligott.

Fri, 17 Mar, 2017

‘Easygoing’ Pole left in fear after attack

A Polish man who was described as in tune with himself and his community in Cork and troubling nobody was violently attacked in the city and has been left with fear and confusion about why it happened.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Stun gun ‘for use in neighbourhood watch’

A man apprehended with CS spray, a stun gun and pepper spray at his home told gardaí he had the items to deal with heroin use in his neighbourhood.

Tue, 28 Apr, 2015

Woman flew Spain to Cork in €6k fraud

A woman flew from Malaga to Cork a number of times to sign on for social welfare over a six-month period, fraudulently claiming a total of over €6,000.

Thu, 03 Jul, 2014

Civil War monument vandalised in Kerry

It may have happened over 90 years ago, but the bitter legacy of the Civil War lives on in Kerry.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2014

Pitch & putt star confesses driving robbers to brothel

The world’s number one pitch & putt player yesterday confessed to driving three men to and from the scene of a robbery at a brothel in Cork.

Sat, 15 Feb, 2014

Fascinating Kerry murder stories recalled

Killings were not common in Co Kerry’s past, but were often brutal — perhaps the influence of Civil War carnage, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2013

How the State turned a blind eye to the Ballyseedy killings

IN RECENT years there has been outrage following reports into clerical abuse, as well as the publication of the recent report into the behaviour at Magdalene Laundries.

Tue, 05 Mar, 2013

Some War of Independence leaders were just a bloody nuisance later

TODAY the Whyte’s history and literature auction of memorabilia is being held in Dublin. Ian Whyte, the managing director of the auctioneering firm, mentioned that the material had been forgotten after the Civil War.

Sat, 14 Mar, 2009

Aiken the gunman had the decency to be ashamed of the dirty stuff

MUCH of the publicity for this week’s Hidden Ireland programme on Frank Aiken projected dark secrets of his past that were to be exposed.

Sat, 16 Dec, 2006