Irish War of Independence Irish nationalists, who were certain the men had been tortured then murdered. This day became known as Bloody Sunday. On 28 November 1920, only a week after Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the west Cork unit of the IRA, under Tom Barry, ambushed a patrol of Auxiliaries at Kilmichael in County Cork, killing all but one of the 18-man patrol. These actions marked a significant escalation of the conflict. In response, Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, and Tipperary – all in the province of Munster – were put under martial law on 10 December under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act;
University Hospital Kerry University Hospital Kerry University Hospital Kerry in Tralee is the third-largest of seven acute hospitals in the Health Service Executive (HSE) South Region. It serves as the main hospital for County Kerry and also serves the people of parts of north Cork and west Limerick, or a population of well over 150,000. When the hospital opened in 1984, it was known as Tralee General Hospital. Prior to that, Tralee was served by St. Catherine's Hospital which was located nearby in Rathass on the grounds of what is now the Áras an Chontae Buildings or the headquarters of Kerry County Council.