Kevin Barry & His Legacy - A Talk by Diarmaid Ferriter

A talk by Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at UCD, to accompany the launch of the digital Kevin Barry Archive in the UCD Digital Library.
The Digital Kevin Barry Collection can be viewed at:
The UCD Digital Library digital.ucd.ie/
The Kevin Barry Papers digital.ucd.ie/...
The Papers of the Kevin Barry Memorial Committee digital.ucd.ie/...
Further information and a brief biography of Kevin Barry by Prof. Ferriter can be viewed at www.ucd.ie/libr...
Recorded by UCD Media Services, December 11th 2015.

[@seanohare5488]

Diarmuid ferriter is a top notch historian one of the best of the fascinating Irish revolution

[@sorchanichualain]

Brea ag isteacht leis an stair sinn faoi Kevin Barry.

[@seanohare5488]

It s fearless faith in the righteousness of your cause Kevin Barry was the David in the biblical David against Goliath the latter being England

[@seanohare5488]

Well said

[@JN-om6rw]

Ah yes but would you be able to put your same powers of reasoning about Robert Emmet 1803 for instance or are your insights as a historian limited to 1890.. what about the agri exccutions before 1840 . Thinking of the rockets in west limerick..

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He shot a boy soldier in the back ........ fair enough.