Kevin Barry Papers


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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Papers of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee


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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Letter from Dan Barry to Mrs Barry Moloney regarding progress on a booklet about Barry


Letter from Dan Barry, Coiste Foillseachan Naisiunta (National Publications Committee), Cork, to Mrs Barry Moloney regarding progress on the booklet about Barry, and enclosing a print which he has copied. Also mentions that he has passed cover drawings to Sean Cronin, and is waiting for a quotation for 10,000 copies of the booklet.

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Postcard from Cilian Ó Brolcháin to Seán U. de Búrca (John V. Bourke)


Brief manuscript post card, written in Irish, from Cilian Ó Brolcháin, 4 Bóthar na h-Ollscoile, Gaillimh, to Bourke enclosing a subscription to the memorial fund.

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Commemorative photographic prints of Barry


Three commemorative photographic prints of Barry, two in postcard form and one with a quote from John W. Goff on the front and a tribute in verse on the back written and autographed by Teresa Brayton.

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