Cahirciveen Massacre 1923

#OnThisDay 1923 In Cahirciveen, Kerry, five IRA prisoners were taken from their ‘prison’ by soldiers of the Dublin Guard, tied to the barricade, shot in the legs & a mine detonated.
The dead were:
Michael Courtney
Eugene Dwyer
Daniel Shea
Willie Riordan
John Sugrue

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