The breaking of the truce following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 100 years ago has been marked today in North Kerry. An unarmed lieutenant with the Ballylongford Volunteers Eddie Carmody was killed by Royal Irish Constabulary officer John Maher in 1920.
In retribution, the Ballylongford Volunteers shot and killed John Maher in Castle Green, Ballybunion on December 13th, 1921. Tom Kennedy, a descendant of Eddie Carmody, marked the centenary by retracing the steps taken by the volunteers.
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