Destruction of Irish country houses (1919–1923) April 1921, north Cork IRA leader, Liam Lynch, enraged by the destruction of several houses in reprisal for an IRA ambush declared, 'six big houses and castles of their friends, the Imperialists will go up for this.'" At least 76 country mansions were destroyed in the War of Independence; 30 "Big Houses" were burned in 1920 and another 46 in the first half of 1921, mostly in the conflict's Munster heartland, i.e. counties Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Clare and Limerick. Historian James S. Donnelly stated in a study of the burning of over 50 country mansions in County Cork in 1919–21
Rathmore, County Kerry Irish-English Dictionary) Rathmore also has a strong Football tradition and are frequent contributors to The Kerry Inter County Team. Rathmore Community School - Scoil Phobail Slaibh Luachra is a large feeder school for the Universities and other third level institutions in Ireland particularly for University College Cork and the University of Limerick Rathmore is a town in East Kerry, The Mallow-Tralee railway line passes through the town and offers frequent services to Cork, Dublin Heuston and Tralee via Killarney and Farranfore (for Kerry Airport) . It is particularly busy during the weekend and evenings and is the access point for