A collection of material relating to Kevin Barry, who was executed for his part in the killing of three British soldiers in 1920. The collection includes material associated with his days at Belvedere College, his year as a medical student in UCD, and his brief time in custody at Mountjoy Prison before execution. The majority of the collection is composed of material gathered by Kathy Barry Maloney, Barry's sister, after his death.

This is volume 4 of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive. For full details of the collection and to browse all the poets in the collection please see the collection record for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive.

The Irish Poetry Reading Collection, which forms part of the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, is a central repository for readings by Irish poets, in both the English and the Irish language. This collection aims to capture and preserve the rich and diverse landscape of poetry in Ireland, and includes the voices of: established poets; emerging poets; performance poets; avant-garde poets; English and Irish language poets; and Irish diaspora poets. Many of the readings are accompanied by handwritten or typed presentation copies of the poem, created by the poet especially for the reading.

This is volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Irish Poetry Reading Collection. For full details on the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, and to browse all of the poets in the entire collection, please see the collection record for the Irish Poetry Reading Collection.

Pamphlet of Republican poetry entitled Poems of Sinn Fein, by Mary Brennan Clapp and Dan Holland, Butte, Montana, United States, including a poem to Barry (p. 6).

Fragment from the Wolfe Tone Annual with an article entitled 'Gallant Kevin Barry' by E O hAnnrachtaigh and a poem entitled 'Kevin Barry' by Constance De Markievicz.

The Irish Nurses' Journal, vol. 2, no. 11 (March 1938)

Copy of The lgnatian, students' journal of St. Ignatius College, San Francisco, California, with a three verse poem in tribute of Barry by Vincent W. Hallinan (p. 53).

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Ní Thuigim Cén Fáth'.

Typescript presentation copy of the poem 'The Stunning Place'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Éalú Syrinx'.

Typescript presentation copy of the poem 'The Long Haul'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Cárta ó La Tuque'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Grafton Street'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Oileán na nGael'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Common Ground'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Father and Son (1966)'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Meeting at the Chester Beatty'.

Handwritten transcription of the poem 'Station Road, Sutton'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'The Spire (10 years on)'.

Typescript presentation copy of the poem 'Stone Games'. Signed by the author.

Typescript presentation copy of the poem 'Loose Connections'. Signed by the author.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'Like the Buffalo'.

Handwritten presentation copy of the poem 'House on Usher's Island'.