The aftershock of events that shaped the nation

THE devestating impact that the Easter Rising had on families around the country was outlined in stark terms this week 100 years ago in a letter appealing for aid, which was published in The Kerryman.

The letter from the Irish Volunteers Dependents Fund, composed of the bereaved wives, mothers and sisters of Volunteers who died in the Rebellion, were appealing to Nationalists to form branches to raise money to help the many helpless victims which the Rising had created. In a subsequent edition of The Kerryman a front page article described the fundraising effort as commendable.

Meanwhile, Dr Conor Brosnan of the Dingle Historical Society has unearthed a list of the Volunteers from West Kerry who mobilised and marched to Tralee in preparation for the Easter Rising.

DINGLE COMPANY: Michael J. Moriarty (Comdt.) John Curran, John J. Malone (Capt.), Maurice O’Sullivan, William Harrington, Tom Sullivan, Patrick Kaye, Denis O’Connor, Daniel McKenna, Michael Kelliher, James Moriarty, Thomas Connor, Michael Lynch, Timothy Moriarty, Peter Curran, Michael Moriarty, Thomas Sullivan, Jack Connor, Thomas Kelliher, Diarmuid Corkery, Thomas Connor, James O’Connor, John Murphy, Daniel Kaye, John Lynch, Thomas Malone, Thomas Flaherty, Patrick Foley, William Rayel, James Nelligan, Thomas Sheehy, Thomas Fenton, Thomas Ashe, Daniel Connell, William Barry, Patrick Cleary, Michael McKenna, Thomas Devane, Michael O’Connor, William Moran, James McKenna, James McCarthy, Jeremiah Kennedy and Maurice Fitzgerald. CYCLISTS: John Royal, Thomas Keane, Gerald Murphy, Michael Cleary

BALLYFERRITER COMPANY: Patrick Bowler (Capt.), Michael Moriarty, James Devane, Michael Bowler, Denis Moriarty, Jack Moriarty, Patrick Martin, Patrick Flaherty, Thomas Kane, Maurice Hoare, Thomas Flaherty, Michael Brick, James Martin, John Moriarty, James Moriarty, John Kelliher, Thomas Walsh, John Baker, John P. Baker, John Fitzgerald, William Hurley, Maurice Moriarty, John Bowler, Michael Kennedy, Maurice Keane.

LISPOLE COMPANY: James Fitzgerald (0.C.), Daniel Griffin, Daniel J. Griffin, Patrick Carney, Thomas Griffin, Patrick Griffin, Mathew Ashe, Thomas Ashe, Garrett Bowler, Michael Manning.

ANNASCAUL COMPANY: T. P. Kennedy (Tralee B. Coy.), Patrick Walsh, ThomasWalsh, Denis Brosnan, John O’Sullivan, Patrick Houlihan, Thomas Curtin, Patrick T. Kennedy, John Curran, James Counihan.