Kevin Barry Executed 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 Kevin Barry, an 18 year old medical student was hanged for his role in an ambush in Dublin that saw the death of three British soldiers. Barry was the first republican executed since Roger Casement after the 1916 Rising.

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