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No. 295: Kevin Barry
Kevin Barry is a well-known and highly-regarded name in Ireland, and beyond.
The most famous Kevin Barry was a young Irish Republican Army soldier who was executed by the British government during the Irish War of Independence. His life and death inspired the Irish rebel song titled Kevin Barry.
Another martyr for old Ireland, another murder for the Crown.
That, though, has nothing to do with today’s guest. This Kevin Barry was named after an uncle, and he is one of a great many men named Kevin Barry in Ireland.
This Kevin Barry, though, is the only one, to my knowledge, who has written a…
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