Headford ambush commemorated 100 years on

Bloody Kerry ambush changed the course of War of Independence 

A bullet-ridden railway carriage ambushed near Killarney around the time of the Headford Ambush. PIcture supplied: macmonagle,killarney

The centenary of the Headford Junction Ambush near Killarney was marked, with a single wreath in the national colours laid by the mayor of Kerry Patrick O'Connor-Scarteen, a grand nephew of one of the participants.

Cllr O'Connor-Scarteen, (FG) Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, brought along the rifle used by his grand-uncle 19-year-old Tom O’Connor-Scarteen of Kenmare.