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Killarney National Park, talks series continues with the second speaker, Owen O’Shea, on Thursday 12th October in Killarney House Auditorium at 8.00pm. The talks series is free, seating is limited and it will also be live-streamed via the Killarney National Park Facebook page @killarneynationalpark
October 12th: Speaker: Owen O’Shea
Terror, Turmoil and Trauma: The Civil War in County Kerry and its legacy’


Owen O’Shea, from Milltown, Co. Kerry, is a historian and author of several books on history and politics in his native county. A former press officer with the Labour Party, and a former print and broadcast journalist, Owen, currently works as Media, Communications and Customer Relations Officer with Kerry County Council. He is an Irish Research Council-funded PhD student at University College Dublin, researching electioneering and politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War.

Owen O’Shea To Give Talk On Civil War In Kerry

October 9, 2023 at 3:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Killarney National Park talks series continues this Thursday with Owen O’Shea speaking on the Civil War in Kerry in Killarney House Auditorium at 8.00pm. The talks series is free, seating is limited and it will also be live-streamed via the Killarney National Park Facebook page @killarneynationalpark ‘Terror, Turmoil and […]

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Author Owen O'Shea with Cllr Bobby O'Connell and Chief Executive of Kerry County Council Moira Murrell at the launch of his book on Thursday evening at Tralee Library. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: New Book On Civil War In Kerry Launched At Tralee Library

October 21, 2022 at 12:22 pm Comments are Disabled

FORMER Government Minister Jimmy Deenihan was on hand to launch a new book detailing the violence and divisions of the Civil War in Kerry. Historian and author, Owen O’Shea signed copies of the book for people at the launch which was well attended. The book offers new insights into the misery […]

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Author and historian Owen O'Shea with his new book 'No Middle Path -

New Book On Tragedy And Suffering Of Civil War In Kerry

October 17, 2022 at 12:11 pm Comments are Disabled

THE violence and divisions of the Civil War in Kerry are detailed in a new book coming to bookshops next week. Historian and author, Owen O’Shea offers new insights into the misery and mayhem of 1922-23, from the perspectives not only of the combatants who were involved in the fighting […]

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Some of the members of the cast of ‘Ballymacandy’ during rehearsals this week: front l-r: Siobhán Collins (Annie Cronin), Claire O’Connor (Maggie Slattery), back l-r: Chris Horan (Commissioner Smyth), Jeremiah Murphy (Constable John Quirke), Muireann McAuliffe (Meriel Leeson Marshall), Michael Quirke (Jack Flynn), John Sexton (Denis Sugrue), Joe Horan (Totty O’Sullivan).

Story Of Ballymacandy Ambush Brought To The Stage

October 3, 2022 at 1:27 pm Comments are Disabled

THE dramatic story of the IRA ambush of members of the Crown Forces near Milltown in 1921 is being presented as a new play in the local Community Hall this November. ‘Ballymacandy’ is based on the best-selling book by local historian and author Owen O’Shea and involves a cast of […]

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New Book By Local Historian Tells Story Of The Ballymacandy Ambush

New Book By Local Historian Tells Story Of The Ballymacandy Ambush

May 18, 2021 at 11:46 am 1 comment

A NEW book on the Ballymacandy Ambush of June 1921, where a senior figure in the IRA in Tralee was the only casualty on the IRA side, has just been published by a local author and historian. Owen O’Shea’s book tells the story of the ambush which happened in mid-Kerry just […]

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Vincent Prendergast of Milltown Chamber Alliance presents the "Stephen Lawlor Community Award" to Owen O'Shea. left to right: Vincent Prendergast, Ann Lawlor, Owen O'Shea, Cecelia O'Shea.

Owen Receives Award For Services To Milltown Community

October 8, 2018 at 10:47 am Comments are Disabled

A POPULAR author and former journalist received a surprise on Saturday night when he was awarded Milltown’s highest honour. The ‘Stephen Lawlor Community Award’ was presented to Owen O’Shea at a surprise ceremony in The Plough Bar. Owen, who is the Media, Communications & Customer Relations Officer at Kerry County Council, […]

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