Teen patriot’s last note to mum for sale

Teenage patriot Kevin Barry’s last poignant message to his mother, written the day before his execution, is among several rare items associated with the War of Independence figure which are to be auctioned next week.

The handwritten note, ‘To Mother from Kev, on eve of his death’, scribbled on the back of a religious card, is guided at between €700 and €1,000.

It is among 750 lots — including a collection of several important documents relating to Kevin be auctioned by Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers in a rare book and collectors sale in Dublin next Tuesday.