Owen O'Shea, from Milltown, Co. Kerry, is Communications Officer with Kerry County Council. A former Labour Party press officer and election candidate, he was journalist with Kerry's Eye and Radio Kerry. He is the author of Heirs to the Kingdom: Kerry's Political Dynasties (O'Brien Press, 2011), A Century of Politics in the Kingdom: A County Kerry Compendium (Merrion Press, 2018), and Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush (Merrion Press, 2021).