‘Kilflynn’s Civil War- a Community Case Study of Internecine Conflict’

McElligott, Richard (2025) ‘Kilflynn’s Civil War- a Community Case Study of Internecine Conflict’. In: Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe and Owen O’Shea (eds), The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond: Histories, Memories and Legacies (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2025), pp. 108-125. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 108-125.

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Abstract

County Kerry is synonymous with the bloodshed and trauma of the Irish Civil War. This is graphically illustrated in the case of the small, rural North Kerry village of Kilflynn - a community whose history is interwoven with the savagery and embittered legacy of the conflict. This chapter focuses on the experience of a handful of local individuals and their respective families to utilise Kilflynn as a microhistory of the conflict’s complex impact and inheritance on Irish society.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Arts and Humanities > History
Research Centres:	Other
Depositing User:	Richard McElligott
Date Deposited:	17 Feb 2026 10:32
Last Modified:	17 Feb 2026 10:32
License:	Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0
URI:	https://eprints.dkit.ie/id/eprint/1004

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