Mickeen Cullens—Ireland’s forgotten hero of Messines

A providential encounter and one of the most remarkable tales of Irish bravery in the First World War. By Thomas Dillon On a Belgian battlefield in June 1917, Mickeen Cullens from County Kerry defied military orders by stopping to save a wounded comrade. Though he risked being shot by his own side, he rescued Ballybunion’s ... Read more

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