The dramatic tale of Thomas Kent - the forgotten 1916 Rising patriot

The man who lent his name to Cork city’s railway station, Thomas Kent, was aside from Robert Casement, the only 1916 leader executed outside of Dublin, says Richard Fitzpatrick

IF YOU trawl the resources of Cork City Library you will find little about Thomas Kent. Not much is known about the man who lends his name to Cork City’s train station. It is something that is being put to rights by a radio drama, Thomas Kent: The Forgotten Patriot to be broadcast on Saturday on Life FM 93.1.

“Always when I was travelling out of Kent Station, I wondered why it was called Kent Station. I thought it was because of something to do with England because Kent is an English name,” says Ferghal Dineen, the writer and director of the drama.