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1916 Rising leader Thomas Kent to be given State funeral

One of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising is to be given a full State funeral.

1916 Rising leader Thomas Kent to be given State funeral

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015 - 17:54

One of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising is to be given a full State funeral.

Thomas Kent was killed in May 1916 in Cork, and is one of only two Rising leaders to have been killed outside of Dublin.

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