Exhumation at Cork Prison for Thomas Kent remains

An exhumation will take place shortly in the grounds of Cork Prison in the hope of discovering and identifying the remains of War of Independence volunteer Thomas Kent.

If skeletal remains are discovered they will be DNA-tested and, if confirmed to be those of Kent, the remains will be buried in the family vault in Castlelyons with full military honours.

Kent was executed by firing squad on May 9, 1916, after he was involved in a gun battle with British soldiers and members of the RIC who surrounded his house on the day of the Easter Rising.