A commemoration of what’s believed to be the last shooting incident of the Civil War is taking place in Kerry today.
Michael T Costello was shot outside St Michael’s Church in Lixnaw on this day 100 years ago.
He survived, thanks to the work of a nurse, Mary Maher, who had worked in the trenches during World War 1.
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A plaque in Michael T Costello’s honour will be unveiled on the wall beside the church in Lixnaw at 2:30pm today, by Fianna Fáil Dublin TD, Paul McAuliffe, whose grandfather was from Lixnaw.
Michael T Costello’s son, Haulie from Glin, Co Limerick, and originally of Ballyhorgan, Lixnaw will also meet today for the first time with descendants of Mary Maher, who saved his father’s life.
