Earning His Stripes

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This afternoon.

For the day that’s in it

Via historian Donal Fallon:

In Belvedere, Barry played rugby, the games of cricket and rugby being synonymous then with Dublin’s private schools, and the middle classes. It is an image of Barry in his striped Belvedere jersey which has become immortal. Barry is still commemorated in the school with an annual rugby match today.

While still a school student, Barry had joined the Republican movement – his sister later recounted that ‘I learned afterwards that, when he joined the Volunteers, everybody thought his Belvedere cap a great joke and they decided it was a flash in the pan and they would keep him until he got tired of it. When he proved regular and punctual in attendance, the officers began to think he might be serious and decided to try him out.’

Remembering Kevin Barry (Donal Fallon, Tribune)

Kevin Barry?

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11 thoughts on “Earning His Stripes”

    1. SOQ

      Mask and vaccination status is obviously an anxiety in your life- have you tried Xanax?

      Available on most online dodgy websites with pictures of people with perfect white dentures and white coats.

  8. Shitferbrains

    Students in the ’60’s mocked him as being Irelands one and only revolutionary medical student.

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