Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death

by Eunan O’Halpin

On 1 November 1920, eighteen-year-old UCD medical student Kevin Barry was hanged in Mountjoy Jail for his role in an IRA raid that killed a British soldier. The reaction to his execution was incensed and international, and to this day, he remains a vibrant icon of patriotic, idealistic death, his name synonymous with youthful republican sacrifice. The persistence of his memory is singular, not only within Irish republicanism but also in the wider...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785373498
• ISBN13: 9781785373497
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"