Bridge in Fermoy to be named after patriot Thomas Kent

One of the largest bridges over the River Blackwater in Co Cork is set to be renamed after the only man executed outside of Dublin following the 1916 Rising.

An iconic picture exists of Thomas Kent walking over the bridge in Fermoy escorted by armed British troops after being captured following a gun battle with the RIC in the nearby village of Castlelyons.

Ironically, according to his grand nephew, Eamonn Walsh, the bridge was actually built the same year Kent was born.