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Tom Kettle & Emmet Dalton – Mad Guns & Invisible Wands

The story of Tom Kettle, a nationalist MP and college professor who fought and died for Ireland and the cause of European civilization during World War I. Emmet Dalton, a decorated soldier and later founder of Ardmore Studios, was by Kettle’s side when he fell at the Somme and was also present at Michael Collins’s death—connecting him to two defining moments in Irish history.