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Kevin Barry

Mountjoy Prison, Dublin

An 18-year-old student hanged in the War of Independence.

Kevin Barry was an 18-year-old medical student and IRA volunteer. After an ambush in Dublin in which a young soldier was killed, he was caught, tried by court martial and hanged at Mountjoy Prison in 1920.

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When
1 November 1920
Where
53.3620, -6.2680
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

Mountjoy is still a working prison. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

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