On this day in 1919 #OTD There was just one of the four #Kerry MPs/TDs present at the first ever session of Dáil Éireann Piaras Béaslaí had the honour of reading the Democratic Programme of the Dàil which had been drafted by Labour leader Tom Johnson owenoshea.ie/the-only-ker...

Congratulations to my friend, mentor and my former lecturer at UCD, Professor Muiris Bric on his election last night as President of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society at our AGM at Tralee Library. Muiris brings tremendous experience to the role. Beir bua, Muiris!

Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…

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Give him Rockall and tell him it is Greenland.

Pleased to share a sneak preview of my exhibition on the early years of Fianna Fáil in Kerry. The party marks its centenary this year and my focus is on the origins of the party in Kerry from 1926 to 1933. Runs at Kerry Library during February and March. Dates to be announced soon! @ria.ie

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This is Minneapolis: -drop the kids off for a day with their grandparents -go to brunch with your wife -get a text from neighbors who don’t have enough food & can’t leave home or they might be abducted by fed govt -get groceries as helicopters roar overhead -deliver food & this vehicle passes you

Places to Visit in Kerry #Travel #TravelBlogShare arrivalshall.com/2018/12/17/p...

Every news outlet that broadcasts Trump officials telling barefaced lies about the ICE killing in Minneapolis should display the video of the shooting on a continuous loop concurrently with the officials’ claims.

I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."

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Finalising material for my forthcoming exhibition on the early years of Fianna Fáil in Kerry to mark the centenary of the party's foundation in 1926 Supported by the @ria.ie Commemorations Bursary Scheme Full details coming soon #FiannaFail #centenary #history #politics

Breaking: Women's Aid Ireland will no longer maintain a presence on X from tomorrow. @womensaidireland.bsky.social

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Fr Quill’s coffin, clearly still intact after a year in the clay of Lixnaw, was ‘placed in a common cart’ at two o’clock in the morning and ‘the melancholy contingent’ of gravediggers made their way back home via the ‘Short Mountain’ road between Tralee and Castlemaine. owenoshea.ie/body-snatche...

The "Mussolini of Ballymacelligott" and some of the other tales of violence during election campaigns in Kerry in the 1920s A short extract from my book on politics and electioneering in the years after the Civil War in Kerry Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social owenoshea.ie/the-mussolin...

With this regime anything is possible…

NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed. futurism.com/future-socie...

The Kerry priest who was buried four times The remarkable story of Fr John Quill, parish priest of Milltown, County Kerry who was buried four different times between 1842 and 1913 owenoshea.ie/body-snatche...

Gerard Lynch, Listowel, who has died aged 94, was the oldest surviving former TD for Kerry A native of Listowel, he served as a Fine Gael TD for Kerry North 1969-77. His father John Lynch was Fine Gael TD for the constituency between 1951 and 1954. May he rest in peace 🙏

Looking for a Christmas gift for the history lover in your life? The three books I've authored or edited during 2025 are now available in all good bookshops See www.owenoshea.ie #books #Christmas 📚 🎄

"A couple of tarts getting a few lashes" The shocking assault on two Kerry women a few weeks after the end of Ireland's Civil War which sent shockwaves to the heart of the National Army and the Free State Government owenoshea.ie/a-couple-of-...

What's the collective noun for a group of historians?? An archive of historians?? Answers on a postcard please? @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @gerardshannon.bsky.social #historians #irishhistory #books #history

What a colourful backdrop for signing books at Connolly Books, one of my favourite bookshops in Dublin 📚 'From Ballots to Bullets' published by @ucdpress.bsky.social is now available in store Thanks for hosting the book signing 📖✒️

Thanks to all who turned out at O'Mahony's Bookshop for the launch of my book "From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923-33" Thanks to Minister Norma Foley for launching the book Now available in all good bookshops and from ucdpress.ie

47 books and counting!! 📚 An honour to meet author and historian, Fr J Anthony Gaughan, as he handed over his personal archives to Kerry Library. Fr Gaughan, who is in his 94th year and a native of Listowel, is one of Ireland’s foremost historians 📚

The Mass Rock or 'Poll an Airfrinn' at Killaclohane Wood near Milltown, Co. Kerry, where Domican priest, Fr Thaddeus Moriarty was arrested while celebrating Mass in 1653. Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws. A very special place.

All welcome to the launch of my new book on politics and elections in #Kerry after the Civil War 📆 Friday 28th November 🕙 7.00pm 📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop 🏦 Tralee @ucdpress.bsky.social www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...

Very enjoyable evening last night at the launch of the Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society and the Kerry Magazine 2025. I have a piece in the Magazine on the remarkable story of Kerry TD, Kathleen O'Connor Fitzgerald, who was a Clann na Poblachta TD for Kerry North 1956-57.

📚 Located in Dublin? Visit your local bookshop to pick up a signed copy of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social! ✍️ Find them in @booksupstairs.bsky.social Connolly Books @gutterbookshop.bsky.social @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Dubray Grafton St

Two book launches coming up this week and next week One on the Civil War in Kerry and the other on its political fallout in the decade which followed All welcome and please share! #books #history #politics 📚

ALL WELCOME to the launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33 by @owenoshea.bsky.social 7pm, Friday, 28 Nov. 2025 O’Mahony’s Booksellers Castle Street, Tralee, V92 RX64 Guest Speaker Norma Foley TD RSVP at [email protected]

The cover of my new book features Kerry TD Fionán Lynch canvassing for votes in the early 1930s The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... @ucdpress.bsky.social

Tonight week, Friday, 21st November, please join us for the official launch of our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry and beyond from Four Courts Press 📅 Friday, 21st November ⏲️ 6.00pm 🏦 Kerry County Museum 🎙️ Minister Norma Foley @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch

It was lovely to drop into @dubraybooks.bsky.social Books on Grafton Street in Dublin during the week to sign copies of my new book, in the company of Noelle Moran of @ucdpress.bsky.social That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚

Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging. Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours. Kerry launch in a few weeks. ucdpress.ie

Out now from @ucdpress.bsky.social is @owenoshea.bsky.social - From Bullets to Ballots thebookshop.ie/owen-o-shea-... ( the cover image shows Kerry's Fionán Lynch TD campaigning )

‼️TOMORROW ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social 🗓️ 6.30pm, Tuesday 11 November 2025 Books Upstairs, 17 D’Olier Street Dublin 2, D02 RX06 👥 Guest Speaker Professor Diarmaid Ferriter RSVP [email protected] @booksupstairs.bsky.social

Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/

Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War 📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm 🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin 📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter @ucdpress.bsky.social

Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social #books 📚

Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚 Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...

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Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War 📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm 🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin 📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter @ucdpress.bsky.social

💥 Hot off the printing press! We’re delighted to share that From Bullets to Ballots by Owen O’Shea is now available. Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide @owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social