Jealous?
I should grow some vegetables.
You could grow them on your wall
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What would those cunts in Kerry know about it in fairness?
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The summer sun is sinking low behind the field and lea
The pale moon light is shining bright far off beyond Tralee
The dismal stars and the clouds afar are darkening o’er the moor
And the Banshee cried when young Dalton died in the Valley of Knockanure
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What tune is that to?
The Valley of Knockanure
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North Kerry wouldn’t have been too bad I suppose they offered at least a bit of token resistance. The South Kerry chaps were hiding under the bed along with most of the rest of the country.
Drumboe martyrs,3 kerrymen one Derry man, executed by free state cowards
Kerry came into it during the civil war — not a lot during the so called war of independence
Think my grandfather would disagree,unless he was locked up in 3 different prisons for nothing?
Duagh,listowel, around abbeyfeale(co L)
FFS there’s parts of Ireland where there wasn’t a shot fired
Did you ever read about the Seige at Clashmealcon Caves near Ballybunion?
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Abbeyfeale Co. Limerick was hot enough but can’t be claimed as Kerry area operations. Very much led by proud Abbeyfeale and Limerick men and women, most of whose families are still prominent in the area.
The Civil War got dirty in Kerry alright. Templeglantine man David ‘Spy in the Castle’ Nelligan was busy back that direction
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Granda was a kerryman,based around abbeyfeale,pub still in the family ( jack Fitzgeralds,hope it’s still there)family home road to duagh,
Jack was my grandad bro,granda was a ra man,Thomas Fitzgerald
There were 2 ‘JackFitzgerald’ pubs in Abbeyfeale at different stages. The old Jack Fitzs’ was later bought by a Tipp man and traded as Jack Ryan’s up to this Christmas, think it’s just closed now as he sold the licence.
The other ‘Jack Fitzs’ ‘is a much older bar but is still there and is known locally as’ John Michael Fitzs’ but John Michael has it leased out to another family for the past year or so.