It was shortly after 5 pm on the hot afternoon of June 1, 1921, in Milltown, County Kerry when the sharp ringing of the phone shattered the still air of the doctor’s office. Thirty-eight-year-old Dr. Daniel Sheehan, whom many of the locals knew fondly as “Dr. Dan,” picked up to the familiar voice of the postmistress, Eileen O’Sullivan, who operated the village phone exchange. “I have William Whi…