by Fergal Keane
Keane, John B.: beaten for reciting his own poem in class 283; comment on the milch cow as a goddess 44; conflicted by tribal politics 219; poem about his father 286, 287; puts up mock candidate in 1951 election 257 and note; runs public house on William Street 156, 216; spends young summers at the Stack’s 179; as successful playwright and poet 284–5; Big Maggie 288–9; ‘Church Street’ 162; The Field 48–9
Keane, Juleanne 103, 164, 206, 287–8
Keane, Kathleen 285
Keane, Mary 216
Keane, Maura Hassett 2; comment on McLiammóir and Edwards 7; family background 5; separation from Eamonn 14, 16; supporter of ILP and committed feminist 5
Keane, Moss 63
Keane, Niamh 2
Keane, Peg 285
Keane, William 285
Kearney, Peadar, The Soldier’s Song 77, 123, 265
Keats, John 8
Kee, Robert 17, 18
Kelly, Cyril 85, 136
Kelly, Hanna 46
Kelly, Michael 149
Kenneally, Paddy 125
Kennedy, Tadhg 204
Kennelly, Brendan, ’My Dark Fathers’ 57, 66–7
Kennelly, Paddy 95
Kennelly, Tim 223, 225
Kentucky 66
Keogh, Tom 230
Kerry Evening Post 59, 138
Kerry Examiner 60
Kerry, John Mangan, Bishop of 88
Kerry, Lord 3
Kerry, north 16–17, 20, 38, 43, 49, 53, 59, 71, 73, 83, 85, 97, 124, 129, 132, 137, 140, 151, 152, 154, 208–9, 213, 219, 230–1, 243, 245, 276
Kerry Sentinel 83
Killarney, Co. Kerry 207, 222
Kilmallock, Co. Limerick 39, 155, 210, 227, 229, 279; Clery’s hotel 120, 121, 122; IRA attack on 120–7, 152; O’Sullivan transferred to 116–17, 120; political violence in 119–20; prosperity of 119, 120; sacking and burning of 118–19
Kilmorna house 128, 129, 131–2, 141, 185, 189–91, 235
Kilmorna station 97
Kirby, John 166
Kishinev 70
Kitchener, Henry 138
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert 138, 139, 267
Knockanure 193, 197, 212, 249
Knocknagoshel 241, 248
Lady Wicklow (coastal steamer) 229
Laide, Richard 211
Lalor, James Finton 95 and note
Land League see Irish National Land League
Land War 33n, 35, 69–76, 94–5, 139, 168
Landers, John Joe 292
landlord system 33 and note, 66, 68–9, 70–5
Law, Andrew Bonar 81
Lawlor, John 157–8, 174
Lawrence, D.H., Lady Chatterley’s Lover 267
Lawrence, T.E. 25
Lenihan, Donal 173n
Lenihan, John ‘Jaco’ 169–70, 172, 173 and note, 191, 209
Leslie, Edward 135
Limerick 4, 113, 224, 227–8
Lisburn, County Armagh 147n
Lisselton 42, 46, 51, 137, 248
Listowel, Maria Augusta Windham, Lady 68
Listowel, William Hare, 2nd Earl 57–8
Listowel, William Hare, 3rd Earl 72 and note
Listowel, Co. Kerry 2, 3, 4, 19, 29, 31–2, 52, 53, 58, 75, 83, 84, 87, 90, 135, 143–4, 159–60, 173–4, 207, 208, 223–4, 225, 237, 249, 249–50, 267; Carnegie Free Library 174; Church Street 31–2, 85, 96, 103, 136, 146, 161–3, 164–7, 170, 171, 174, 175, 226, 244, 267, 280, 285, 300; Listowel Arms Hotel 58, 138, 223, 225; Listowel Castle 16; Listowel Square 191–2; Listowel Workhouse 59, 60, 64, 65, 68, 222–3, 230, 250; St John’s church 58, 253, 267–8; St Mary’s 57, 58; St Michael’s College 84; William Street 90–1, 156, 175, 216–17
Listowel mutiny (1920) 108–11, 145
Listowel Volunteers 80, 84
Lixnaw 133, 134, 205
Lloyd George, David 29, 127, 203, 207, 212, 215
Lough Neagh 271
Louisiana 50
Lynch, Fionán 220–1
Lynch, Jack 272
Lynch, General Liam 236, 237, 246, 247, 272
Lynott, Phil 7
Lyons, Jerry 199–200, 212
Lyons, Timothy ’Aero’ 244
Mac Diarmada, Seán 88
Mac Giolla, Tomás 8
McCabe, Jerry 276n
McCabe, Liam 104
McCann, Colum 21
McCarthy, Major 271
McCarthy, Peggy 282
MacCurtain, Tomás 147n
McDermott, Seán 120
MacDonagh, Thomas, ‘Marching Song of the Irish Volunteers’ 86
McElligott, Patrick ’Paddy’ 159, 188, 189–90, 252
McElligott, Robert 159, 188
McGauran, Father Bernard 62–3
McGuinness, Martin 275, 299
McKenna, Francis J. 101 and note, 102
McKenna, J.J. 82
McKinnon, Major John 180
McLiammóir, Micheál 7
McMahon, Bryan 281; ‘The Valley of Knockanure’ 197
McMahon, Donal 210
McNamara, John 108
McPhillips, Philippa 5
Macready, Sir Nevil 114
MacSweeney, Terence 147
Maguire, Leo ’The Crow’ 9
Mahony, Father Jeremiah 57–8
Mahony, Sir Pierce 47
Mallon, Seamus 274
Mao Zedong, On Guerrilla Warfare 27
Markiewicz, Madame Constance 221
Martin, Hugh 143–4, 148
Maze prison, Co. Down 15, 70
Meade, Maurice 210
Mee, Jeremiah 108–10, 111, 145–7, 164
Mellows, Liam 213
Meyer, Kuno, ‘The Tryst After Death’ 142
Molloy, M.J. 90
Molyneaux, Very Rev John 76
Moonlighters 71, 73, 167
Moran, Ned 90, 290
Morgan (grandson of May and Patrick O’Sullivan) 298
Morning Chronicle 55
Morris, William O’Connor 67
Moybella 248
Moylan, Seán 126–7, 208, 213
Moynihan, Andrew 29
Moyvane 78, 80, 128, 291, 300; see also Newtownsandes
Muir, William 149–50 and note
Mulcahy, Richard ‘Dirty Dick’ 234, 237, 238, 243, 244
Mulvihill faction 50
Mulvihill, Nora 64
Munster 4, 87, 118, 229
Munster Republic 227
Murphy, Bertie 235
Murphy, Humphrey 225, 228, 235–6, 247
Murphy, Michael 189, 190–1
Mussolini, Benito 251
Myre, Co. Tipperary 53
National Army 229, 230, 234, 238, 242, 243, 247, 252n
National Volunteer 84
nationalism, nationalists 80–1, 82–3, 85, 91, 275
Neligan, David 230, 234, 241 and note
New York 66, 292
New York Times 227–8
Newcastlewest 142
Newgrange 12
Newtownsandes 52, 76, 78, 80, 150n, 249, 291, 294; see also Moyvane
Nolan, James 50
Northern Ireland 113–14, 212n, 213, 259, 260, 275
Ó Direáin, Máirtin, ‘Strong Beams’ 251
O’Casey, Seán 140
O’Connell, Daniel 30, 54, 137, 260, 261
O’Connell family 72
O’Connor family 5
O’Connor, Father Davey 283
O’Connor, Father Dennis 157, 174
O’Connor, Joseph 68–9
O’Connor, Paddy ’Pat’ 240–1
O’Connor, Father Patrick 73
O’Connor, Patsy 68
O’Connor, Rory 237
O’Connor, Seamus 92–3, 97, 100, 241, 247, 248
O’Connor, Winifred 136
O’Daly, Paddy 229–30, 234, 238, 239, 240, 241–4, 250, 253
O’Donovan Rossa, Jeremiah 30
O’Driscoll, William 51
O’Duffy, General Eoin 252 and note, 253–4
O’Dwyer, Michael 36
O’Dwyer, Nichol
as 127
Official IRA 274; see also Irish Republican Army (IRA); Provisional IRA ‘Provos’
O’Grady, Brian 150 and note, 151, 181, 192, 193–4, 195–6, 223, 249, 279
O’Grady, Dan 155, 156–7, 160, 178–9, 180, 206
O’Hanlon, Fergal 6
O’Hegarty, Sean 202
O’Higgins, Kevin 5–6, 237, 249, 264
Ohio Canal 50
Old IRA 13, 16
O’Malley, Ernie 89–90, 241n, 243
O’Malley, Grace 259
O’Neill, Denis ‘Sonny’ 232–3 and note
O’Rahilly, Michael 87 and note
O’Suilleabháin, Tomás Ruadh 54–5
O’Sullivan, Bernard jnr 31, 117, 172, 298
O’Sullivan, Bernard snr 35
O’Sullivan, Dan Paddy Andy 46
O’Sullivan, Donal Cam 32
O’Sullivan, John 31, 117, 171, 172, 298
O’Sullivan, Mary ‘May’ 31, 40, 117, 160, 163–4, 171, 172, 175, 297–8, 300
O’Sullivan, Patrick 33
O’Sullivan, Sara 31, 117, 297, 298
O’Sullivan, Timothy 247
O’Sullivan, Tobias 1, 19, 72n, 212, 279; aftermath and inquiry 173–7, 191, 192–3; character and description 32, 35, 297; children looked after by his brother 298; death of 31–2, 165–7, 168–9, 290, 294; death used to justify killings by Provos 273; denies Lawlor struck by his men 158; family background 32–4; funeral procession and burial 23–4, 26, 29, 30–1, 300; holds out against IRA attack at Kilmallock 123–5, 126; joins the police 35–6, 37; and the killing of John Houlihan 149; meets and marries May 40; plots to kill him 127; promoted and sent to Listowel 39, 127, 142–3, 149; remembered by his children and grandchildren 298–9; sent to Kilmallock 116–17; survives car accident 142–3; targeted by the IRA 152, 153, 154–5, 156–7, 159–60; trial following assassination of 169–73; unaware of impending IRA attack 121
O’Sullivan, Tom 97
Ottoman Empire 25
Oughterard, Co. Galway 33, 40
Paisley, Ian 275
Palatines 140 and note
Palestine 107
Parnell, Charles Stewart 70, 76, 260; burial of 30; character and description 69; and the Land War 33n; leads new campaign for Home Rule 75; statue of 29
Pastorini, Signor see Walmesley, Charles
Pathé news 30–1
Pattern Fair of Leenane, Co. Galway 40
Pearse, Patrick 10, 30, 85, 86, 221, 259, 265
Pellican, Thomas 193
Pentonville Prison, London 8
Perrot, Sir John 118
Pierrepoint, Albert 250
Pierse, John D. 60n, 65
Potato Famine (1845–49) 39, 47, 138; burial of victims 5, 33, 42; clearances, evictions and survival 66–9; death, starvation and disease 33, 60–5; and destruction of landlord system 66; effect on music and dance culture 64n; emigration 61–3, 65–6; failure of crop 59–60; legacy of hatred and bitterness towards England 67–8; memories of 67; stories concerning 63–5; warning signs 58–9
Presbyterians 54, 137
Proclamation of the Republic (1916) 10–11
Protestant Reformation 4, 54
Protestants: abandon the south in large numbers 261–2 and note; aware of dangers of revolutionary war 133; and campaign for religious freedom 55; contribution to the Republic 266; decline of supremacy 136–7; deconsecration of churches and renewal as arts centres 267–8; domination of state security by 36; during the Troubles 12–16, 271–3 and note, 274–5; effect of inter-marriage and Ne Temere Catholic decree 264–5; effort to convert Catholics 33; and European wars of religion 4; favourably compared to Catholic clerics 260–1; friendly intermingling with Catholics 136; loss of political power 264; as loyalists 159; marginalisation, illusions and uncertainties of 265–6; north-south differences in War of Independence 139–41; and power-sharing Agreement 274; remain farmers and businessmen 264; sectarianism 13, 260, 266, 276, 277–8; supported by Unionist Party in Home Rule debate 81; violence against 262–4
Provisional IRA ‘Provos’ 14, 15, 16, 272–3; see also Irish Republican Army (IRA); Official IRA
Purtill, Edmund 43, 68, 76
Purtill family 43–4, 47, 50, 55, 59, 66, 67–8, 75, 103, 137, 218, 223
Purtill, Hannah see Keane, Hannah Purtill
Purtill, Liam 239
Purtill, Madge 254
Purtill, Mick 1, 41, 78, 87, 89, 150, 279, 300; able to compartmentalise his experiences and accept life as it came 296; apparently undamaged by his war experiences 295–6; attacked by Republicans 254; becomes Fine Gael councillor 219; brought up with stories of the Famine 63; buys drinks for his comrades in Listowel 207; as enthusiastic Gaelic footballer 83; evades capture by the army and the RIC 201; as friend of Con Brosnan 156; as guerrilla fighter with IRA 13, 80, 95–6, 99–100, 114, 174, 181–3, 185–6, 205; improved life after Land War 94–5; joins Free State in Civil War 218–19, 223, 225, 235, 238, 239, 243, 247; learns of the death of Michael Collins 232; leaves no diaries, letters or recorded interviews 20; memories of him as hardworking 296; returns to working on the farm 209; saves his friend Con Dee from the firing squad 239–40; sees his friend Mick Galvin shot dead 128–9
Purtill, Vincent 75
Purtill, Willie 44, 47
Quebec 62
Quille, Denis 177, 188, 192, 193, 196, 214, 223, 244
Radio Éireann 283
Ralegh, Sir Walter 4, 118
Rathkeale, County Limerick 140n
Rathmore 97
Raymond, Dr Samuel 65
Raymond, Mr 50
Red Cross 230, 232
Redemptorists 198
Redmond, John 82, 85, 86, 88
Redmond, Willie 88
Regan, John M. 112
Relihan (spy) 204–5
Republicans: during the Civil War 6, 25, 223–4, 225, 226, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 248; during the Troubles 8, 10, 15, 272; during War of Independence 147, 163; post-Easter Rising 88–9, 93; post-Troubles 276; Truce and Treaty 201–2, 212, 213, 215, 252, 253, 263
Revolution see Irish Revolution
RIC see Royal Irish Constabulary
RIC Special Branch 230, 251
Rilke, Rainer Maria, ’Hymn One’ 277
the Rising see Easter Rising (1916)
River Feale 3, 102–3, 132, 160, 188, 192
River Liffey 27
River Shannon 43, 88, 135
River Tolka 300
Robinson, Arthur 106
Robinson, Mary 7
Robinson, Séamus 220
Rockites 54–5
Roger ‘True Blue’ 162
Royal Dublin Fusiliers 24
Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) 102, 104, 212, 243, 273, 331; barracks attacked in Kilmallock 120–7; Black and Tans as special paramilitary reserve of 16; complicity in violence 113; deterioration of relationship with Volunteers and local populace 90–1; granted ’Royal’ title after Fenian attack on 119–20; identified as the landlord’s enforcers 73; infiltrate and inform on secret anti-government societies 34; IRA attacks on 100–2, 149–50, 181; jostled, heckled, attacked and killed 37–8, 101–2, 104; Listowel mutiny 108–11; march behind coffin of Tobias O’Sullivan 24; obliged to enforce the evictions 33, 34; reasons for joining 35–6; reliance on local intelligence and informers 97; savage retaliation by 89, 145; spies in 165
Royal Munster Fusiliers 85
RTE 9; ’The Bold Fenian Men’ 9; ’The Wearing of the Green’ 9
RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) 6
Rwanda 79–80
Ryan, James, ‘Take it Down from the Mast’ 222
Ryan, Liam 271
Rymer-Jones, Brigadier John 107
St Bartholomew’s Day massacre (1572) 4
Sandes family 5
Sandes, George 76
Scully, Bertie 125, 126
Scully, Liam 93, 117, 124, 125–6, 152, 155
Second World War 258–9, 264
sectarianism 12, 13, 28n, 33, 36
, 187, 213, 260, 263–4, 266, 275, 276
Sexton, John (maternal great-grandfather) 271
Shackleton, Ernest 131
Shackleton, Francis 131 and note
Shakespeare, William 8
Shanagolden 113
Sharkey, John 211
Sheahan, Johanna 248
Sheehan, Jack 155, 160, 166, 179, 191, 206
Sheehy, Alla 2, 162
Sheehy, Edward 225, 226
Sheehy, Nora Mai 2, 162
Shine, Con 53
Sinn Féin 141, 187, 275, 276; attacks on the police 90; banned by the government 98; benefit concert for 8; de Valera breaks away from 250; destroy Home Rule politics 91; newspaper of 15; refuses to attend Westminster 92; sets up own parliament in Dublin 92; threats made against 102
Smith, Charles 133
Smyrna 25
Smyth, Lt Col Gerald Brice Ferguson 109–10, 111, 147n
Smyth, Osbert 111
South Africa 262n
South African War 25, 93
Spanish Civil War 251–2
spies and informants: drastic punishment given to 97–8; families booed and damned 73; fear of 183; female 96–7, 144, 198, 290; inside the RIC 209, 230, 241n, 290; mingling among mourners at O’Sullivan’s funeral 29; not wanted by the Irish Volunteers 82; planning and killing of O’Sullivan’s 159, 165, 170; police as 204; priest offers reward for anybody giving information 53; targeting, tracking and killing 15, 17, 26, 39, 97, 159, 170, 190, 191, 196, 204–5
Spike Island, Cork harbour 153
Stack, Edward 85
Stack, Eyre Massey 248
Stack’s Mountains 179, 201, 290
Steinbeck, John, Grapes of Wrath 258–9
Sterne, Laurence 8
Stoughton, Colonel 55
Stoughton, Rev Anthony 51, 55
Sullivan, DI 153
Sunningdal power-sharing Agreement (1973) 274
Sweeney, Daniel 248–9
Sweetnam, Paul 72 and note, 160, 168 and note
Sydenham, George Clarke, Lord 26
Tacitus, The Annals 2333
Tan War see War of Independence (1919–21)
Tara 12
Tarbert 55, 134–5, 181, 206, 230, 235, 279
TD see Teachta Dála
Teachta Dála (TDs – members of the Dáil) 236–7, 276
Teampallin Ban (Famine graveyard) 5, 187, 268
Templeglantine, Co.Limerick 125, 126
Thackeray, William Makepeace 58–9, 135
Three Fs (Fixity of Tenure, Fair Rent, Free Sale) 71
Thurles, Co. Tipperary 210, 211
