In November 1984, two hundred miles off the Kerry coast, seven tonnes of ammunition are transferred from an American fishing boat, The Valhalla, to a tiny Fenit based trawler, The Marita Ann. As the trawler made its way back to the Kerry coast the Irish Navy swooped and all on board were arrested. The skipper, a Kerry fisherman and Republican activist, Martin Ferris, who later would go on to be elected Sinn Féin TD for Kerry North, spent ten years in jail for his part in the gun running operation, but that’s only half the story…