BallymacandyAmbush

Book and play on the IRA ambush of RIC/Black and Tans at Ballymacandy near Milltown, Kerry in 1 June 1921 by @OwenOShea with @merrionpress

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

"This is local history at its best" (Books Ireland Magazine)

“Meticulously researched and soberly written” (Business Post)

"Mastery of available source material" (Irish Story)

'Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush' available now

@MerrionPress

https://t.co/IKtHfpfC0Y

[CivilWarInKerry @CivilWarInKerry]

📢COMING SOON 📚

A new collection of essays from historians and experts based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023, edited by Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe and @OwenOShea

Later this year from @FourCourtsPress

https://t.co/qyuuzHfjjO

[Merrion Press @MerrionPress]

Thank you to everyone who came out for the launch of One Man's Ireland last week - it was a fitting tribute to a hugely important local and national figure.

Available now in all good bookshops and online!

Photo Credit: Michelle Breen Crean Photography

@OwenOShea

[Merrion Press @MerrionPress]

📢 Out now!

📗 One Man’s Ireland by @OwenOShea is the story of Dan Mulvihill, a figure at the heart of many of the most iconic and tumultuous events during Ireland’s revolutionary years.

🛒 Available now online and in all good bookshops!

[Merrion Press @MerrionPress]

COMING IN MARCH

🥊 THE BIG FIGHT: When Ali Conquered Ireland
The thrilling story of Muhammad Ali’s 1972 visit to Dublin

☘️ONE MAN'S IRELAND: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill, Maverick Republican
Dan Mulvihill recounts his central involvement in the fight for an Irish Republic

[CivilWarInKerry @CivilWarInKerry]

A key figure in the anti-Treaty IRA during the Civil War, and aide to Liam Lynch, Dan Mulvihill of the Kerry IRA smuggled De Valera out of Dublin in June 1922 and fought in the 'Munster Republic'

His memoirs are published in March by @OwenOShea

https://t.co/BjrkCcEFk4

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Two years ago this weekend, 'Ballymacandy' opened at the Muintir na Tíre Hall in Milltown.

Packed houses enjoyed nine shows and outstanding performances from a fabulous local cast under the expert direction of Mike O'Halloran.

Hard to believe it's been two years already!

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

The Ballymacandy story goes on:

Today I met with brother and sister Steve Wackrow and Erin Wyatt from New Zealand, grandnephew and grandniece of Annie Cronin and Jimmy Cronin of Brackhill who were involved in the Ballymacandy Ambush in 1921

https://t.co/C4eDNYCwC4

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Don't forget to Vote No. 1

Jack Flynn from Castlemaine

He fought the Tans at #Ballymacandy in 1921

He'll deliver for #Kerry

#localelections2024

https://t.co/C4eDNYD4rC

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Today, 1st June, is the 103rd anniversary of the Ballymacandy Ambush in which five RIC and Black and Tans were killed in an IRA ambush in Co. Kerry

Here is a thread on how the ambush unfolded in 1921

@MerrionPress @OwenOShea

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Mason fought at the Ballymacandy Ambush on 1 June 1921 with members of Kiltallagh IRA and his wife, Amelia, was a central figure in Cumann na mBan

@MerrionPress @OwenOShea

#Ballymacandy

https://t.co/C4eDNYD4rC

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Alexander 'Sonny' Mason and his wife Amelia (neé Wade)

Sonny was Officer Commanding the Kiltallagh IRA and Amelia was a leading figure in Cumann na mBan in mid-Kerry

https://t.co/C4eDNYD4rC

[The Military Archives @dfarchives]

Upcoming historical conference marking 150 years since the birth of Cathal Brugha, 27 April 2024, at the barracks bearing his name. In collaboration with @gerry_shannon @lizgillis191623 and @MilHistSocIre

https://t.co/kqon0sAFWh

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

A man whose name became known to a wider audience through the book and play by @OwenOShea on the #Ballymacandy Ambush of 1921

New book coming early next year on Dan Mulvihill, a senior IRA leader in Kerry and beyond during a turbulent time in our history #books #history

[UCC Ireland @UCC]

Today, we outline a groundbreaking new project which shows the full scale of death during the Irish Civil War.

The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project presents an enumeration of all fatalities in the thirty-two counties during the Irish Civil War.

https://t.co/AXHbZpoWIh

[CivilWarInKerry @CivilWarInKerry]

Broadcast, one year ago today, on @morningireland from the Kerry Civil War Conference

The Civil War in Kerry with @RichardMcELL @MaryMcAuliffe4 and @OwenOShea

Presented by @s_mcelhatton

https://t.co/if6a1nHTTo

https://t.co/gtcsDFnxgM

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

"Colourful details help to lift Owen O’Shea’s reconstruction of the Ballymacandy gunfight well above your average local history …

Meticulously researched and soberly written."

(Sunday Business Post)

https://t.co/IKtHfpfC0Y

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Jack Flynn of #Ballymacandy fame involved in fisticuffs in Dáil Éireann on this day in 1952

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

On this day 1923: the Kerry press reports on court proceedings taken by Milltown priest, Fr Sandy O'Sullivan against local anti-Treaty IRA members who, he alleged, had stopped and searched him in October 1922, accusing him of being a Free State supporter

https://t.co/ptm1AiDnFi

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

Paddy Cahill's men took part in the Ballymacandy Ambush on 1 June 1921

He was one of three Kerry TDs jailed during the Civil War

#Ballymacandy @MerrionPress

https://t.co/C4eDNYCwC4

[CivilWarInKerry @CivilWarInKerry]

On this day in 1923, Patrick (Paddy) Cahill TD is among a group of Tralee republicans released from jail

Cahill was O/C of the Kerry No. 1 Brigade of the IRA during the War of Independence and was one of three Kerry TDs to vote against the Treaty

https://t.co/PvD6qjZTxW

[BallymacandyAmbush @ballymacandy]

New recording from Siobhán Collins (otherwise known as Annie Cronin from 'Ballymacandy') and John Connolly.

Sounds fabulous. Congratulations!

#Ballymacandy

https://t.co/dQ7PeRv8cE