No Middle Path
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No Middle Path

The Civil War in Kerry

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

No Middle Path

The Civil War in Kerry

About this book

The violence and divisions caused by the Irish Civil War of 1922–23 were more vicious, bitter and protracted in County Kerry than anywhere else in Ireland. For generations, the fratricide, murder and executions that occurred there have been synonymous with the worst excesses of the brutality which followed the split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.

In this compelling new history of the conflict in his native county, Owen O'Shea offers fresh insights into atrocities such as the landmine executions at Ballyseedy and Knocknagoshel, and their cover-ups, and also the misery and mayhem of the conflict for the wider population. The immense trauma and hardship faced by combatants and their families, as well as the legacy of ill health and psychological scars left on survivors are explored for the first time. Also presented is a catalogue of the intimidation, destruction and lawlessness which severely affected civilians who had no involvement in the war but suffered greatly, sometimes losing their lives.

No Middle Path offers an engrossing account of the terrible events in Kerry, and their shocking and enduring legacy.

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Information

Publisher
Merrion Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781785374333
eBook ISBN
9781785374340
Topic
History
Subtopic
Irish History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Author Bio
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright
  6. Content
  7. Introduction: ‘One fella called us Irish bastards and he was an Irishman himself’
  8. 1. ‘The bones of the dead Republicans will rattle in your ears’
  9. 2. ‘They will have to wade through Irish blood’
  10. 3. ‘For God’s sake, don’t shoot an unarmed man’
  11. 4. His toddler child ‘walking in his blood’
  12. 5. ‘On the alert for the swag and for anarchy’
  13. 6. ‘Then you can mark off Kerry as finished’
  14. 7. ‘Human flesh scattered in all directions’
  15. 8. ‘It is a murder gang that is going around’
  16. 9. ‘They’ll be executed when we have time’
  17. 10. ‘A couple of tarts getting a few lashes’
  18. 11. ‘Have a heart: love a die-hard’
  19. 12. ‘Wipe them out for once and for all’
  20. 13. ‘The Black and Tans were only a rumour’
  21. 14. ‘Even John Bull did not attempt this’
  22. 15. ‘She got mental and is definitely mental since’
  23. 16. ‘You would get that for the loss of a finger, not to mind the loss of life’
  24. 17. ‘We are near starving’
  25. 18. ‘She has become generally listless’
  26. 19. ‘What in God’s Holy name am I to do?
  27. 20. ‘We never took Free State literature in this house’
  28. Postscript: ‘Maybe it could have been avoided’
  29. Endnotes
  30. Acknowledgements
  31. Index
  32. Plate Section