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.
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This collection comprises the papers and correspondence of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee. The Committee was formed to raise funds to create a memorial to Kevin Barry (20 January 1902–1 November 1920). Barry, a medical student at University College Dublin, was executed for his part in an ambush which resulted in the deaths of three British Army officers. The Committee commissioned Harry Clarke Stained Glass Limited to create a stained glass window dedicated to Kevin Barry and the other students and graduates of University College Dublin who lost their lives in the struggle for Irish Independence. The window, designed by Richard King, was erected in Earlsfort Terrace and unveiled on 1 November 1934. In 2010, the window was conserved, restored and relocated in the Charles Institute at Belfield, the current campus of University College Dublin.
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News-cuttings from national papers on Barry's anniversary commemoration, mostly reports on masses and other commemoration events; also personnel recollections of Barry and his execution and a feature on the National Museum's acquisition of material related to 1916, which includes a letter written by Barry in Mountjoy (November 1935).
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Files of news-cuttings from Irish, British and continental papers reporting on the last minute appeals for clemency, the execution, and the violent response throughout Ireland which saw seven Royal Irish Constabulary members killed in the wake of Barry's death, and the burial of Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork (31 October 1920).
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The newspaper cutting features an article entitled ‘U.C.D. Elections: Unusual Interest in Contest’ relating to the election, by the graduates of University College Dublin, of six members to the Governing Body of the College. The names of the successful candidates have been listed, five of which have been indicated with a manuscript star; Reverend Professor T[imothy] Corcoran, Charles J. MacAuley, Reverend John Burke, Seamus Ó Ceallaigh, Margaret M. Browne and Richard McA. O'Rahilly.
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