Patrick Doyle was one of six men hanged in

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on the morning of 14 March 1921. He was aged 29 and lived at St. Mary's Place, Dublin. He was one of

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Background

Doyle was involved in an arms raid on Collinstown Aerodrome in 1919. Together with

Frank Flood Francis Xavier Flood (1 December 1901 – 14 March 1921), known as Frank Flood, was a 1st Lieutenant in the Dublin Active Service Brigade during the Irish War of Independence. He was executed by the British authorities in Mountjoy Prison and was ...

, he was involved in planning several attempts to free

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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 court-martial, 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

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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

. In 2001 he and the other nine, including

and

, were exhumed from their graves in the prison and given a full State Funeral. He is now buried in

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, Dublin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Patrick 1892 births 1921 deaths Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery 20th-century executions by the United Kingdom People executed by the British military by hanging Irish Republicans killed during the Irish War of Independence People executed for treason against the United Kingdom Executed Irish people