The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond

Histories, memories and legacies

Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe and Owen O’Shea, editors

‘This richly layered and honest book does justice to the intensity of the impact of the Civil War in Kerry. It confronts the psychological, political, social, and economic consequences of a very intimate, distressing and grisly violence, and allows the necessary space for personal testimonies to breathe. The various contributors document not just what happened, but what it felt like, and what the consequences were for men, women and children. One of the positive outcomes of a decade of commemoration of our revolutionary period was that it prompted us to think anew about old enmities, through the unveiling of original and unflinching research, creating the new perspectives that this book showcases’, Diarmaid  Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History, UCD