# **The Capture of Kevin Barry ** ## — Voices From 1970 * **Source:** RTÉ Archives * **Link:** [[https://www.rte.ie/archives/2025/1021/1539738-kevin-barry-anniversary/](https://www.rte.ie/archives/2025/1021/1539738-kevin-barry-anniversary/)](https://www.rte.ie/archives/2025/1021/1539738-kevin-barry-anniversary/) In **1970**, fifty years after the execution of **Kevin Barry**, RTÉ’s *Newsbeat* revisited the raid that changed his life and became a defining moment in Irish history. The report, by *

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