29 March 2016: Opening of Killorglin 1916 centenary committee exhibition, Killorglin Library, Co. Kerry

On Tuesday 29 March 2016 an exhibition organised by Killorglin 1916 centenary committee opened at Killorglin Library. Co. Kerry. This focuses on the deaths of three members of the Irish Volunteers at Ballykissane Pier on Good Friday 1916; they had been attempting to facilitate the landing of weapons from the German vessel Aud. The exhibition is free and runs until Tuesday 31 May. For further information contact Killorglin Library: 066-9761272/[email protected]

Learn more about Killorglin and 1916 via Killorglin Archive Society and read John J. Quilty’s account of the circumstances around the deaths at Ballykissane.