Descendants to restore grave of Cork man who plotted 1880s dynamite attack on Britain
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Descendant plans restoration of John Curtin Kent’s graveLaura Doyle received Cork County Council funding; restoration of the grave is expected to begin in the coming months.
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- Laura Doyle received Cork County Council funding; restoration of the grave is expected to begin in the coming months.
- Kent was born in 1849 in Ballyhindon near Fermoy and lies in the family plot at Kilcrumper Old Cemetery.
- He was sentenced to life imprisonment at London’s Old Bailey in 1883 for plotting a dynamite attack against Britain.
- He was released after 12 years after developing heart failure, following lobbying by the US administration.
It was always something I wanted to do because he has been kind of forgotten about in history. A lot of people would not have heard of him. By all accounts, everything I have read about him, it looks like he was a quiet kind of person.— Laura Doyle, Curtin Kent's great great grandniece and genealogist, speaking about her motivation to restore his grave
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