IRA Grave St. Finbarr’s Cemetery

Thomas Barry (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980), better known as Tom Barry, was a prominent leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. He is remembered for the Kilmichael ambush, in which he and his column gaged an 18-man patrol of Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC), generally known as the Auxiliaries or Auxies, killing sixteen men. By the time the Truce came into effect on 11 July 1921, Barry was one of the most feared IRA leaders in the whole of Ireland.
In 1940, Barry was responsible for Intelligence in the Irish Army's Southern Command, a position he held, with the rank of Commandant, for the duration of World War II.
In 1949, he published a memoir called 'Guerrilla Days in Ireland', which became a bestseller.

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• Text: Rónán Gallagher
• Photos: Rónán Gallagher