Thomas Bryan (Irish republican)
Thomas Bryan (9 January 1897 – 14 March 1921) was member of the Irish Republican Army and one of six men hanged in Mountjoy Prison on 14 March 1921. Background. He 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 Brien, née Caffrey. 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 was living at 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin and was an electrician by trade. He married Annie Glynn at St. Michan's Catholic Church, Dublin on 28 November 1920. His grand-nephew is English singer Boy George. Trial and execution. He was tried by court-martial on 24 February 1921 for his part in an attempted ambush at Drumcondra on 21 January 1921. Found guilty of high treason, he was hanged, aged 24, along with Frank Flood at 8am on 14 March 1921. Four other men had  been hanged earlier on the same day: Thomas Whelan and Patrick Moran at 6am and Patrick Doyle and Bernard Ryan at 7am. It was reported that a crowd of over 20,000 people assembled outside Mountjoy on the morning of the executions. Work was also suspended throughout the city following a call from the Irish Labour Party. Re-interment. He is one of a group of men hanged in Mountjoy Prison in the period 1920–1921, commonly referred to as The Forgotten Ten. In 2001, he and the other nine, including Kevin Barry, were exhumed from their graves in the  prison and given a full state funeral. He is now buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.