New ‘Kerry 1916’ Book To Feature Many Tralee Men Involved In The Rising

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Tralee Volunteers on parade in 1914.

A NEW book titled, ‘Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record’, is to be published to coincide with the centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916 with the launch taking place at the Rose Hotel, Tralee, on Friday, April 22 at 8pm.

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Dan Healy from Tralee whose story is featured in the book.

The book, which is compiled and edited by Kerry writers, Bridget McAuliffe, Owen O’Shea and Dr Mary McAuliffe of UCD, comprehensively details the impact of key events in Kerry and the critical roles played by Kerry men and women in the rebellion and sets that story in its rightful context in the wider revolutionary period.

It also features the important social and political developments in the county before and during 1916 and the contribution of the many Kerry natives who played major roles locally, in Dublin and elsewhere are chronicled for the first time.

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Michael Knightly from Tralee who features in the new book.

Tralee figures like Dan Healy, JJ McElligott, Michael T Knightly, among others, feature with the biographies of all Tralee men interned after the Rising published for the first time ever. Activity before and during the Rising in Tralee was central to the wider Kerry and national story at the time and is at the core of the new book.

Co-editor, historian and UCD academic, Dr Mary McAuliffe said: “The significance of events in Kerry, the role of Kerry in the preparations for the Rising, and the role of many Kerry men and women in those preparations are often overlooked or understated in the broader narrative of the period.

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JJ McElligott from Tralee whose story is featured in the book.

“New research details the role of women in Kerry in 1916 – figures like Máirín Cregan who smuggled guns to Kerry, Lizanne O’Brien who organised Cumann na mBan, and the sisters of The O’Rahilly – Nell and Anno – who were active in Cumann na mBan in Dublin. This is the first time the histories of all these Kerry men and women are detailed and presented in such a comprehensive form.” said Dr Mary McAuliffe.

Featuring extensive newspaper reports, photographs from the period, first-hand testimonies, and with a foreword by Kerry native and eminent historian, Professor JJ Lee, Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record sets the pivotal role of Kerry and its people in its rightful context of the wider revolutionary period in Ireland and is a book for everyone with an interest in national and local history.

Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record (Irish Historical Publications, pp320, €25 pb, €35 hb) will be published on 22 April with an official launch at the Rose Hotel (formerly Fels Point Hotel), Tralee, Co. Kerry at 8pm. Dr Mary McAuliffe will chair a panel discussion featuring local historians and expert historians and there will be poetry and song from the period. All welcome.

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