Patrick Arthur Doyle (28 August 1889 – 14 March 1921) was one of six men hanged in

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on the morning of 14 March 1921. He was aged 31 and lived at St. Mary's Place, Dublin. He was one of The Forgotten Ten.

Background

Doyle was involved in an arms raid on Collinstown Aerodrome in 1919. Together with Frank Flood, he was involved in planning several attempts to free

Kevin Barry Kevin Gerard Barry (20 January 1902 – 1 November 1920) was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) soldier and medical student who was executed by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence. He was sentenced to death for his part in a ...

from Mountjoy in the days before Barry's own execution in November 1920. Flood would later be hanged on the same morning as Doyle.

Arrest, detention and execution

Doyle was a member of 'F' Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade,

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and was tried on 24 February 1921 by

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, charged with

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and levying war against the King for his part in an attempted ambush at Drumcondra on 21 January that year. The six men were hanged in pairs beginning at 6 in the morning. He was a carpenter and married with four children. His wife gave birth to

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shortly before his death, one of whom died on 12 March. Reportedly, she caught a chill returning from a visit to the prison. Doyle's brother Seán was killed in action at the Custom House six weeks after the execution.

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

and Frank Flood, were exhumed from their graves in the prison and given a full

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. He is now buried in

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, Dublin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Patrick 1889 births 1921 deaths People executed for treason against the United Kingdom The Forgotten Ten Executed people from County Dublin