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  1. On this day in 1923 Pats O'Connor of Knockaunatee, Castleisland, Co Kerry joined the National Army. He would be killed by a trap mine a couple of kilometres from his home, in three months' time, along with four others, during the Civil War. He was serving in the Intelligence section of the Dublin Guards in Kerry. His death would be avenged by tying prisoners to mines and blowing them up in 3 nearby places during the same week #Knocknagoshel #Ballyseedy #CountessBridge #Bahaghs

  2. A moving and evocative portrayal of Stephen Fuller, sole survivor of the #Ballyseedy Massacre of 1923
    Accounts tell of the women who cared for him picking the gravel and shrapnel from his back for weeks
    The Mise, le Meas' exhibition runs at @siamsatire until 1 March
    #irishcivilwar #mastodaoine #decadeofcentenaries