Dying for the Cause: Kerry's Republican Dead

This book tells the story of the lives and deaths of 162 Kerrymen who died for the ideal of an independent Irish republic of 32 counties. Many were killed in action but others were executed or died while in captivity as a result of brutality or neglect. In telling their stories Tim Horgan has provided an intriguing social history of the county and a snapshot of life in Ireland.They range from the story of Thomas Ashe whose funeral was attended by over 100,000 people to that of seventeen year old