#OTD in 1923 – Republican prisoner Denny Barry dies on hunger strike in Newbridge camp.
Denis ‘Dinny’ Barry (Donnchadh de Barra) was born into a farming family in Cullen, Riverstick, ten miles south of Cork city. Barry enjoyed Gaelic culture and sport, and was a prominent member of the Ballymartle hurling club. He later joined the famous Blackrock National Hurling Club where he won 4 senior county championships in a row during the years of 1910 to 1913. In 1913, he joined the newly…
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