Thomas Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 29 August 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist who was court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 9 May 1916, in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.

May 9, 2024 · One of the 1916 Easter Rising's stranger episodes. Thomas Kent did not go out to fight. The British came to him, looking for trouble.

Thomas Kent is a specialist on disinformation, Russian media and journalistic ethics. Until September 2018 he was president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a congressionally funded corporation providing news in 25 languages to the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

May 3, 2016 · Thomas Kent was the only one of the 15 men who were executed to be the subject of a court martial outside Dublin. He was also probably the unluckiest of them all. He did not...

Curtin Kent’s torture, and endurance of twelve years of solitary confinement in English prisons, had a lasting effect on Thomas, and helped him later during his own struggles in gaol.

Thomas Kent joined the American Foreign Policy Council in February 2024 as Senior Fellow for Strategic Communication. He is a specialist in Russian propaganda, the world information war, international journalism, and media ethics.

May 15, 2015 · The man who lent his name to Cork city’s railway station, Thomas Kent, was aside from Robert Casement, the only 1916 leader executed outside of Dublin, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Thomas Kent (1865-1916) was born in Bawnard House, Castlelyons, near Fermoy, Co. Cork. He was one of the seven sons and two daughters of David Kent, who farmed 200 acres, and his wife Mary Rice. He was educated at the local national school, probably until about the age of fourteen or fifteen as was normal in rural areas at the time.

Thomas Kent teaches about the world information war and international journalism at the Harriman Institute and has written and spoken extensively on the geopolitics of information, propaganda, journalistic ethics and press freedom.

Thomas Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 2 May 1916, in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.