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sketch / Thomas Kent, Cork Military Detention Barracks, 1916

Sketch of Thomas Kent's Cell. Sketch made by Matthew Barry in 1922. It shows the remains of the prison cell in which Thomas Kent was up to the moment of his execution. The sketch was made after the attempted blowing up of Cork Military Detention barracks in August 1922.

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