Thomas Bryan (Irish republican)
Irish republican
Thomas Bryan (born Thomas Brien; 9 January 1897 – 14 March 1921) was an Irish republican and member of the Irish Republican Army who was one of six men hanged in Mountjoy Prison on 14 March 1921.
Background
Thomas Brien was born at 30 North Brunswick Street, Dublin on 9 January 1897. His birth was registered as Thomas, son of James Brien, a labourer, and Mary (née Caffrey) Brien. In the early 1900s, he and his family lived in North King Street, Dublin. He was an experienced IRA Volunteer and a member of the Dublin Brigade's Active Service Unit. In 1917, he took part in the hunger strike in Mountjoy in which Thomas Ashe died. By 1920, Bryan, as his surname came to be spelled for some reason, was living at 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin and was an electrician by trade.
Bryan married Annie Glynn at St. Michan's Catholic Church, Dublin on 28 November 1920. English singer Boy George is one of Bryan's great-nephews.
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