First victim of the Rising

Sir, – Constable James O’Brien cannot be the first man to die in the Rising (Colm Keena, Stories from the Revolution, May 22nd).

It is believed that the first deaths connected with the Rising were those in Killorglin on Good Friday night of 1916 when three Volunteers (Con Keating, Charlie Monahan and Donal Sheehan) were drowned. Their car, on its way to Cahersiveen/Valentia to seize radio equipment to secure contact with the Aud carrying arms and ammunition, went over the pier at Ballykissane.

Only the driver, Thomas McInerney was saved by a local resident Timothy O’Sullivan. – Yours, etc,

SEÁN Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN,

Foilnagower,

Killorglin,

Co Kerry.