When the horror of war hits homes

Ryle Dwyer looks at a frenzy of violence against British forces at the height of the War of Independence in Kerry, and reveals the grisly fate of two Black and Tans who went missing

Unless the Tralee policemen in Sinn Féin custody are returned before 10am on the 2nd, instant reprisal of a nature not yet heard of in Ireland will take place in Tralee

Black and Tans search a civilian at gunpoint as a body lies prone in the background. The British paramilitary force laid siege to Tralee in autumn 1920.