![]() ![]() It is an individual story that cannot, by any standard, be deemed to be at all representative of the wider story of which it is a part, but, given the tale that is told in both the documentary and the accompanying book, that quibble can be left to one side. The extraordinary story of how it got there is the subject of this excellent documentary, which originally had its cinema release last year. Above (Top): Dr Aidan MacCarthy in his RAF uniform.Ībove: POW camp commandant Isao Kusuno with the sword he later gifted to Aidan McCarthy.Ī doctor’s sword begins, naturally enough, with the eponymous sword of the title: a Japanese katana (usually, if incorrectly, dubbed a ‘samurai’ sword) that is on display in MacCarthy’s pub in Castletownbere, Co. ![]()
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