Type/Formats:
Text — Issue
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Copy of a special issue of a Republican pamphlet (possibly fragment), entitled Freedom published on the anniversary of Barry's death and including an article on him entitled 'Vigil -A Memory', which also appears to allude to civil war hostilities. [ … ]
Dates:
1920-11-01-1920-11-03 — 1920-11-01
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
Waters, John, Rev. — Barry, Mary
Abstract:
Two letters (one handwritten and one a typescript copy) from Canon John Waters, Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, Dublin, to Mrs Mary Barry describing his administration of the final blessings to Barry, and the moments before he went to the scaffold. 'His courage all the time was superhuman and rested... [ … ]
Dates:
1920-10-1920-11 — 1920-10
Type/Formats:
Text — Clippings
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
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,... [ … ]
Dates:
1920-11-03-1920-11-27 — 1920-11-03
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter — Resolutions (law)
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Copies of resolutions passed by various Urban and Rural District Councils, Trade Unions, Poor Law Unions, Boards of Guardians, and other local bodies condemning Barry's execution, and sympathising with his family. [ … ]
Dates:
1920-11-05-1921-01-10 — 1920-11-05
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Fourteen letters from relatives, friends and members of the public in Ireland and abroad to Mrs Barry and Michael Barry (Barry's brother) offering their sympathy and support; includes several letters from cousins in America and South America such as Fr John Doyle writing from Manila : '...But while... [ … ]
Dates:
1921-07-29-1921-11-17 — 1921-07-29
Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
Barry, Mary — Dowling, Cecilia Barry
Abstract:
Seven letters from relatives, friends, and admirers in Ireland and abroad mostly commemorating the first anniversary of Barry's death, to Mrs Barry and sister Celia (Barry/Dowling), Barry's aunt.
Type/Formats:
Text — Ephemera
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Abstract:
Typescript copy of unsigned statement which appeared in the days after Barry's execution entitled 'War Against Boys, Kevin Barry hanged for Ireland', condemning the British authorities for refusing to grant clemency, and praising Barry's bravery. [ … ]
Dates:
1920-1922 — 1920
Type/Formats:
Text — Clippings — Poetry — Scrapbooks
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributor:
Barry, Mary
Abstract:
Solicitors' day sheet diary and calendar with some legal particulars (June 1911); used as a scrapbook by Barry's mother commemorating him with mostly news-cuttings and poetry.