Lecturer to explain the forensics of finding Thomas Kent

The archaeological and forensic detective work used to locate and identify the remains of executed 1916 rebel Thomas Kent’s remains will be explained in Cork this week.

The centenary of Kent’s death and swift burial at Cork Military Detention Barracks was marked earlier this month.

The free public lecture at University College Cork next Thursday will hear from the experts who helped last year to confirm the burial spot and then establish that the remains found in the shallow grave were those of the north Cork Irish Volunteers’ leader.