Chief Justice of the Irish Free State Hugh Kennedy and Attorney-General John O’Byrne (later Mr Justice O’Byrne) arriving with their spouses at the 1924 Bodenstown ceremony to commemorate Irish barrister Wolfe Tone who had pre-exempted by suicide execution for his part in the 1798 Rebellion. In 1913 another Irish barrister, Patrick Pearse, had delivered a significant address at Tone’s graveside; Pearse himself was later executed for his part in leading the 1916 Easter Rising.
Photo from the Weekly Freeman, 28 June 1924, via British Newspaper Archives.
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