Tom Kent’s nerves were so bad on the morning of his execution that the guards brought a chair in for him to sit upon. The man for whom Kent Station in Cork City would one day be named was buried in quicklime in an unmarked grave. This is the story of one of the more overlooked figure in the annals of the Easter Rising.
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