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HISTORIAN and UCD lecturer Dr Mary McAuliffe will give a talk entitled 'Mobilised and Ready: Kerry and 1916' tomorrow, Friday, April 29, at 8pm in An Diseart Chapel, Green Street, Dingle.

The event is being organised by Dr McAuliffe and her co-editors, Bridget McAuliffe and Owen O'Shea, following the publication this week of their new book on the role played by Kerry in the Easter Rising.

Local historian Micheál Ó Moráin, a contributor to Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising, will give a talk on Thomas Ashe and the role played by west Kerry during 1916 will also be discussed. Key figures from Corca Dhuibhne who led the preparations for the rebellion will also feature, including, for example, An Seabhac from Dingle, who was a key organiser for the Volunteers in Kerry.

Dr McAuliffe, a native of Duagh, said: “The role played by Kerry in the Easter Rising is key. Kerry was central to preparations for the Rising and key figures like Thomas Ashe, The O'Rahilly, Austin Stack, An Seabhac and others were central to those plans. There was a lot of activity in places like Dingle, Annascaul and Castlegregory ahead of Easter Week and hundreds of Volunteers mobilised in many parts of Kerry as the Rising got underway in Dublin.

“In our book, we look at stories like those of Michael Moriarty, Dingle; John and Tadhg Brosnan, Castlegregory; Thomas Fitzgerald, Dingle; and Henry Vincent O’Donoghue, Annascaul, some of whom wouldn't be as well-known as Ashe or Stack but who shared a common goal - to strike a blow for Irish freedom.”
Signed copies of the new book will be available on the night. No admission fee. All welcome.
Enquiries to kerry1916book@gmail.com and more information on www.kerry1916book.com
 

 
Above, volunteers in Dingle in 1915.