Sexual assault used as a 'deliberate tactic' in Kerry during Civil War, conference told

General Paddy O’Daly, officer in command in Kerry, was particularly irritated by Cumann na mBan. a conference in Kerry heard.

Sexual assault was deployed as a "deliberate tactic" during the Civil War, a conference in Kerry has heard.

Violence against women on the anti-treaty side ranged from harassment to beatings, head shavings, insults, and sexual assault, with "violently misogynistic attitudes" persisting for decades, according to historian Mary McAuliffe, who was speaking at a centenary conference in Tralee.