SEPTEMBER 25th MARKS TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS IN IRISH HISTORY: The EXECUTION OF ROBERT EMMET and the CAPTURE OF KEVIN BARRY -- both men were hanged by the British administration in Ireland.
SEPTEMBER 25th MARKS TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS IN IRISH HISTORY: The EXECUTION OF ROBERT EMMET and the CAPTURE OF KEVIN BARRY -- both men were hanged by the British administration in Ireland. THE 1803 EXECUTION OF ROBERT EMMET, a United Irishman, after the failed uprising of that year was in front of St. Catherine's Church, Thomas St, near Dublin city centre's south side. The event is marked by a plaque there and a separate monument and passed by many tourists on their way to the Guinness brewery. Robert Emmet is fondly remembered in the historical memory of Ireland and much of the Irish diaspora. A monument to him stands in Stephen's Green looking across at his birthplace on the side of the Green. The monument is a replica of the one to him in Washington DC. Emmet is also remembered in song: Bold Robert Emmet is entirely about him and part of The Three Flowers is too. The 1920 CAPTURE OF KEVIN BARRY in Church Street, during the War of Independence, led to his execution by the ...