Thomas Kent

Thomas Kent

Infobox Military Person
name= "Thomas Kent"
_ga. Tomás Ceannt
lived= 1865 – 9 May 1916
placeofbirth= Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland
placeofdeath= Collins Barracks, Cork, Ireland


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allegiance= Irish Volunteers
serviceyears= 1913 - 1916
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battles= Easter Rising
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Thomas Kent ( _ga. Tomás Ceannt; 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 22 April 1916.

Kent was part of a prominent nationalist family who lived at Bawnard House, Castlelyons, County Cork. They were prepared to take part in the Easter Rising, but when the mobilization order was countermanded, they stayed home. The rising nevertheless went forward in Dublin, and the RIC was sent to arrest well-known sympathizers throughout the country including, but not limited to, known members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Sinn Féin, and the Irish Volunteers. When the Kent residence was raided they were met with resistance from Thomas and his brothers Richard, David, and William. A gunfight lasted for four hours, in which an RIC officer, Head Constable William Rowe, was killed and David Kent was seriously wounded. Eventually the Kents were forced to surrender, although Richard made a last minute dash for freedom and was fatally wounded.

Thomas and William were tried by court martial on the charge of murdering Head Constable Rowe. William was acquitted, but Thomas was sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in, Cork on 9 May 1916. David Kent was brought to Dublin where he was charged with the same offence, found guilty and sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted and he was sentenced to five years penal servitude. Apart from the singular case of Roger Casement, Thomas Kent was the only person outside of Dublin to be executed for his role in the events of Easter Week. He is buried in the grounds of Collins Barracks, Cork (formerly Victoria Barracks).

Railway

The main train station in Cork, Kent Station was named after Thomas Kent.

ources

* Declan Kiberd editor, "1916 Rebellion Handbook" Dublin: Mourne River Press, 1998. ISBN 1-902090-05-5


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