Live broadcast: Thomas Kent State Funeral

Fri, 18 Sep, 2015 - 13:59

Crowds have begun to gather in Cork today for the State Funeral of executed rebel Thomas Kent.

Kent was executed in May of 1916. His remains were removed from Cork Prison in June and formally identified after DNA testing.

RTÉ are providing a live broadcast of the funeral Mass (see below).

The Requiem Mass is being held at St Nicholas's Church in Castlelyons, Co Cork, after which Kent's remains will be reinterred in the Kent family vault.

Uachtaráin agus Bean Uí hUigínn arrive in Castlelyons for #ThomasKent State funeral #IEstaff pic.twitter.com/Xt4jnJ1hZT
— Niall Murray (@niallmurray1) September 18, 2015

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will deliver a graveside oration at the burial.

People take their seats at State Funeral of Thomas Kent pic.twitter.com/AnMEbRt74M
— Ken O Connell (@oconken) September 18, 2015

Sean Sherwin, who acts as a liaison for the Kent family, said they were “very grateful to all those who had turned up to pay their respects” and are looking forward to seeing even more people honour him when he is buried today.

Thomas Kent funeral with full military honours pic.twitter.com/xgqEDENow3
— Alan Collins (@alan197582) September 18, 2015

Na sluaite ag bailiú do sochraid Stáit Thomas Kent I gCaisleán Ó Liatháin #statefuneral pic.twitter.com/kS3xnNYc2p
— Tomás O Mainnín (@omainnintomas) September 18, 2015

Historic Day in Cork for State Funeral of Thomas Kent #ThomasKent #cork #1916 #Patriot pic.twitter.com/pHDvGthStW
— Elaine Buckley (@Ellefantastic13) September 18, 2015

Flying the Irish tricolor at half mast for the State funeral of Thomas Kent. #ThomasKent #castledublin #Statefuneral pic.twitter.com/gyy1wB3i2o
— Dublin Castle (@dublincastleOPW) September 18, 2015

Big crowd gathered at Summer Hill #Cork #easter1916 for funeral of Thomas Kent #ThomasKent pic.twitter.com/wSr5IMQ0SZ
— Cork Folk Festival (@CorkFolkFest) September 18, 2015

Photo: The remains of Commandant Thomas Kent, who was executed for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising, arrives at … pic.twitter.com/mWRjTuhWqy
— Eugenio (@EugenioBerto70) September 18, 2015

The remains of Commandant Thomas Kent leave Cork prison: pic.twitter.com/SrT5z7tOBZ
— MerrionStreet.ie (@merrionstreet) September 18, 2015

Like Thomas Kent's Irish Volunteers Galtee Battalion 100 years ago, @defenceforces drill behind Castlelyons creamery pic.twitter.com/jjbx5bF1Ay
— Niall Murray (@niallmurray1) September 18, 2015