He was born on 2 February 1867 in Coole, Castlelyons, County Cork, to David Kent and Mary Rice.
When the supply of ammunition being loaded by Mrs Rice Kent was at its end, Richard attempted to escape but was shot and died from his wounds within several days.
Thomas was not charged with armed rebellion but with "wilful murder", executed by firing squad and buried in the Detention Barracks.
David was transferred to Richmond Barracks in Dublin, where he was sentenced to death, though later was reduced to penal servitude for life.
[5] In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann, though Kent did not attend.