by ky1916admin | Oct 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pierce Beasley or Piaras Béaslaí as he was better-known was born in Liverpool in 1881. His father, also Pierce was a native of Aghadoe, Killarney and was the editor of the Catholic Times newspaper in England. The family moved to Dublin in 1906 and he worked as a... 
by ky1916admin | Jun 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
From Ashgrove, Kenmare, Denis (Denny) O’Callaghan (also Donnchadh Ua Ceallacháin) was born in 1882. He joined the Gaelic League and the GAA in 1900 and the IRB a year later. He moved to Dublin and lived at St Jarlath’s Road, Cabra. He joined the A Company of the 1st... 
by ky1916admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Following the success of our book launch and panel discussion in Tralee on 22 April, we have organised a number of local book launches/signings and talks on the subject of Kerry and 1916. Dates for your diary as follows: Dingle – An Díseart Chapel – Friday... 
by ky1916admin | Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
MOBILISED AND READY: KERRY AND 1916 AR BÍS AGUS ULLAMH: CIARRAÍ AGUS 1916 An Díseart, Green Street, Dingle ::: Friday 29 April ::: 8pm Historian Dr Mary McAuliffe will talk about the Kerry men and women of the 1916 Rising and Micheál Ó Moráin will talk on Thomas Ashe... 
by ky1916admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
This list, published for the first time ever in Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record, includes the Kerry men and women arrested in their own county, in Dublin and elsewhere following the Easter Rising. Many were interned in...