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Contents

Foreword by Mícheál Lehane

Introduction

1. ‘Ireland must be governed by Irishmen for Ireland’s benefit’

Kerry’s First Teachtaí Dála

2. Thorny Wires

Murphy and O’Sullivan: The Bitterest of Political Rivals

From Buckingham Palace to Caherdaniel: The aristocrat nurse who became the first woman councillor in Kerry

3. ‘Castleisland swam in porter … and drunkenness prevailed’

The Councillor Unseated for Plying Voters with Drink

4. ‘Struck him violently in the mouth’

The Kerry TD Who Punched a Colleague in the Dáil Dining Room

‘The Queen of Balochistan’: The Tarbert woman elected to the Pakistani Parliament

5. ‘Mr and Mrs Fred’

Kerry’s Original Political Power Couple

6. ‘If there are women candidates, we hope they will be of the right kind’

The Fate of Kerry’s Women Politicians

‘Why are all the people talking about Dick Spring, Mammy?’: The Tánaiste and the night of the four votes

7. ‘We must not expect great things of Miss O’Connor in the Dáil’

The Kerry North TD Who Was Too Young To Vote for Herself

8. ‘The man who sits in the chair is not a proper or suitable man’

The Highs and Lows of Local Authority Politics in Kerry since

‘Single-minded pursuit of his objectives’: Kerry’s pioneering education minister

9. ‘Three weeks’ turmoil, agitation and disturbance’

Kerry’s By-Election Battles and their National Significance

10. ‘For a paper to be valid it must have recorded on it a first preference’

How a Kerry Candidate Rewrote the Irish Electoral Rulebook

‘Pack your bags and get out’: The councillor who took his own council to court

11. ‘Politics in my blood’

Kerry: Where Political Dynasties Reign Supreme

12. ‘Blood streamed down his shirt’

Threats, Thefts, Splits, Assaults and Other Electioneering Shenanigans

‘You are very badly in need of a rest’: The Kenmare spin-doctor at Seán MacBride’s side

13. The Kingdom’s political diaspora

Kerry’s Political Representatives Outside the County and Overseas

14. ‘They forget that we exist and that there are such places as Kerry’

A Selection of Quotes about Kerry Politics over the Last Century

An apology from the BBC: Senator Ross Kinloch, ‘The McGillycuddy of the Reeks’

Appendices

1. Kerry TDs since 1919

2. Kerry Senators since 1922

3. General Election Results since 1918

Glossary and Abbreviations

Endnotes

Index