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Podcast: Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams
Episode: 'Hold and stick to the Republic' The Story of Kevin Barry
Description: Few names from the Tan War 100 years ago are as well known that of Kevin Barry. His torture and execution by the British at the age of 18 generated huge national and international attention.His name evokes a deep rooted emotional connection to a young man who heroically fought for Irish freedom and lost his life at the end of a hangman’s rope.The song was written a few months after his death. No one knows who wrote the lyrics but there are few songs of Ireland’s long struggle for freedo...