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Tom Barry - Tomás de Barra

Killorglin, Co. Kerry 1897 - Cork 1980
one of the most prominent guerrilla leaders in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence
(Wikipedia)

Seamus Murphy
1930s (recast 2008)

Cork - Corcaigh / Tom Barry - <i>Tomás de Barra</i>

Description

Bronze bust. Unveiled 29 November 2008 by Cathal McSwiney Brugha, a grandson of Terence McSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in 1921.

Inscription(s)

GENERAL
TOM BARRY
1897 - 1980
column
commander
3rd west cork
brigade
Óglaigh na hÉireann

Tomás de Barra
1897-1980

Signature

seamus murphy r.h.a.

Artist

Seamus Murphy - S. Ó Murcada (Burnfort near Mallow, Co. Cork 1907 - Cork 1975), Irish sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Blue Dolphin B&B, Fitzgerald Park, Cork City.

Location (N 51°53'46" - W 8°29'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie164; Photograph: 15 June 2014
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