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Kevin Gerard Barry was the first Irish republican to be executed by the British since the leaders of the Easter Rising. Barry was sentenced to death for his part in an Irish Volunteers operation which resulted in the deaths of three British soldiers.Barry's execution outraged nationalist public opinion in Ireland and its diaspora, largely because of his age. The timing of the execution, only days after the death by hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, the republican Lord Mayor of Cork, brought public opinion to fever-pitch. His treatment and death attracted great international attention and attempts were made by U.S. and Vatican officials to secure a reprieve. His execution and MacSwiney's death precipitated a dramatic escalation in violence as the Irish War of Independence entered its bloodiest phase. Due to his refusal to inform, Barry became one of the most celebrated Irish republicans. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. January 1902 – 1. November 1920
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Famous Kevin Barry Quotes

“I won't be happy until I'm up there, receiving the Nobel Prize.”

Kevin Barry

Leader Interview..with Kevin Barry http://www.limerickleader.ie/lifestyle/entertainment-arts/whats-on/leader-interview-with-kevin-barry-1-2181685, Limerick Leader (1 November 2007)

“A prize with money attached to it has a lot of prestige.”

Kevin Barry

Kevin Barry shortlisted for the International Impac Dublin Literary Award http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/kevin-barry-shortlisted-for-the-international-impac-dublin-literary-award-1.1353167, The Irish Times (9 April 2013)

“I miss journalism an awful lot.”

Kevin Barry

Leader Interview..with Kevin Barry http://www.limerickleader.ie/lifestyle/entertainment-arts/whats-on/leader-interview-with-kevin-barry-1-2181685, Limerick Leader (1 November 2007)

“Art is a hideously painful business, you know. Pity me! Or at least buy me a drink.”

Kevin Barry

Interview with Kevin Barry (c. 2012)

“I am hugely insecure and desperate to be loved and I want my reader to adore me, to a disturbing, stalkerish degree.”

Kevin Barry

Interview with Kevin Barry (c. 2012)

“I've been haunting bookshops and hiding behind display signs of TV chefs (Nigella is excellent to hide behind as she has a huge arse) as I spy on the short fiction section and see if anyone's tempted by my sweet bait. I've also been counting how many copies of the book are left in shops, and I've been covering other “upcoming” authors’ books with mine.”

Kevin Barry

Interview with Kevin Barry (c. 2012)

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