Ballyseedy: 100 years on

[Myles O'Reilly]

On this day 100 years ago the Ballyseedy Massacre took place.

9 Anti-Treaty IRA prisoners were tied to a mine by Free State soldiers and were blown up. Eight were killed and the ninth, Stephen Fuller, was blown clear into a ditch and survived.

How Ballyseedy massacre traumatised the Kerry village of Kilflynn

The small village became a microcosm of the Irish Civil War due to the horrific events of 100 years ago

www.rte.ie

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

It was an awful piece of unimaginable savagery , where the hell they got the idea is beyond me

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Paddy O'Daly of the Dublin Guard. To this day his name is cursed below in Kerry.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

'Twas savage in that part of the Country a Century ago.

On 6th March 1923 at Knocknagoshel, five Free State soldiers were killed by a booby trap (one was decapitated) and a sixth had to have his legs amputated.

The following day at Ballyseedy eight Republicans were blown up. Such was the dismembering of the bodies the birds were eating the flesh off the trees afterwards.

On the same day four more Republicans were tied to a mine at Countess Bridge near Killarney and killed. Another four were blown to atoms in the same manner at Cahersiveen.

This was all in the space of 48 hours.

 

[Fam Shox]

The Freestaters had the Church and the British on their side, along with the big farmers and moneyed class. They were told to win at all cost. They did win and now we are in a worse position than we were under the Act of Union, and facing complete demographic upheaval and the loss of our homeland. Collins' 'a stepping stone to freedom' comment about the treaty was way off the mark. It was a one way-ticket to neo-colonialism/slavery/cultural annihilation.

 

[Fam Shox]

Would the Anti-Treaty crowd be any better?

The Éirígí Liam Mellows fan club.

Short answer - yes they would, but they were never going to win.

Such is life.

The above goons would have Mellows up on hate speech, as they would Pearse and Connolly.

 

[Declan]

On this day 100 years ago the Ballyseedy Massacre took place.

9 Anti-Treaty IRA prisoners were tied to a mine by Free State soldiers and were blown up. Eight were killed and the ninth, Stephen Fuller, was blown clear into a ditch and survived.

How Ballyseedy massacre traumatised the Kerry village of Kilflynn

The small village became a microcosm of the Irish Civil War due to the horrific events of 100 years ago

www.rte.ie

Some read.

The sister was born in 1909 so could hardly be in Cumhan na nban and a messenger in March 1023?????

 

[Declan]

It was an awful piece of unimaginable savagery , where the hell they got the idea is beyond me

Maybe they were in WW1

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Some read.The sister was born in 1909 so could hardly be in Cumhan na nban and a messenger in March 1023?????

They said she was a messenger a thousand years ago? Must be a typo.

 

[Declan]

I will read again as it is a fascinating story.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Perhaps she was a messenger for Brian Boru

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

Not for the first time Val is spamming one of my threads