Local Irish Free State officials and the Irish Army executed eight inmates at Ballyseedy in County Kerry by taking them to a crossroad that had been mined and tying them together, which was obviously a reprisal, and a sick one at that. Survivors, save for Stephen Fuller, were shot by the Irish Army. Stephen Fuller somehow escaped when he was blown free and crawled to safety. Rescuers took him to the home of Charlie Daly the following day, where he hid in a dug out. He was found there by Dr. Edmond Shanahan who treated him for his injuries while he remained in hiding.
The perpetrators of the atrocity immediately covered it up. Fuller later went on to be a member of the Dáil, where he never mentioned it as he didn't want it to become an issue and inspire renewed hatred.
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