Thomas Kent: Born in 1865, His family had a long history of fighting against the injustices suffered by small farmers and fought particularly during the Land War. Kent spent many years in and out of prison. Kent was arrested in Cork following a raid by the Royal Irish Constabulary on 22nd April 1916, during which his brother was fatally wounded. By the 2nd of May, four of the brothers, Thomas, William, Richard and David returned to Bawnard House. At dawn, the police came to the house with orders to arrest the whole family. They had surrounded the house and called for the four brothers to come outside. Thomas replied that they were soldiers of the Irish Republic and that there would be no surrender. To this the police retorted with a volley of shots. For the next three hours a battle ensued but the Kent’s, with only three shotguns and one rifle to their name, eventually ran out of ammunition. Mrs. Kent was in the house throughout the battle and not only gave great encouragement to her sons but helped to clean and cool their weapons.

He had intended to travel to Dublin to participate in the Rising, but when the mobilisation order was cancelled he assumed the Rising was called off. He was executed on 9 May 1916. The railway station in Cork was renamed Kent Station in his honour.