The late Fr Kieran O’Shea was a prolific writer, who had a great interest in historical matters in the county. His story includes his time spent in the Irish Chaplaincy Scheme, and in the parishes of Causeway, Castleisland and Knocknagoshel.
Keywords: Knocknagoshel, parish priest, chaplain in England, Chaplaincy Scheme, John B Keane, playwright, historian, writer, Listowel in the 1950s, response of the clergy to the Treaty, GAA in Kerry