UCD Library has digitised two wonderful and evocative collections, honouring one of Irish history’s young heroes. Kevin Barry, a medical student at UCD, was executed for his part in an ambush which resulted in the deaths of three British Army officers in 1920. He was hanged on the 1st of November 1920, despite numerous appeals for his life to be spared. He was 18 years … Continue reading Kevin Barry and His Time: An Exhibition