A plaque will be unveiled in Killarney this morning, honouring the last person to die during the War of Independence.
Hannah Carey was killed outside the Imperial Hotel on College Street a few minutes before noon on July 11th, 1921, when the truce which ended the war came into effect.
The Cathaoirleach of the Killarney Municipal District, councillor Marie Moloney will unveil the plaque at 10.30am outside the Killarney Towers Hotel (formerly the Imperial Hotel), where the plaque is located.
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Ms Carey was working in the Imperial Hotel at the time and had stepped outside, when she was hit by a stray bullet.
Owen O'Shea, left, Historian, Author and Communications Officer, Kerry County Council, at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque to Hannah Carey, the last person to die in Ireland's War of Independence on July 11th, 1921. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan
