The breaking of the truce following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty is being marked today in North Kerry.
The treaty, which was signed on the 6th December 1921, marked the end of the Irish War of Independence.
A ceasefire between the IRA and the British Government came into effect in July 1921, but the first killing since the treaty was signed took place 100 years ago today.
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An unarmed lieutenant with the Ballylongford Volunteers Eddie Carmody was killed by Royal Irish Constabulary officer John Maher a year earlier.
In retribution, the Ballylongford Volunteers shot and killed John Maher in Castle Green, Ballybunion. Tom Kennedy, a descendant of Eddie Carmody, marked the centenary by retracing the steps taken by the volunteers.
