"The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) raided the Kent home on 22 April 1916, after the Easter Rising. I think it's clear that Thomas Kent had good reason to believe that he would be apprehended and executed."

If only the British had acted as advised by the Naval Intelligence on the 22nd April 1916 and rounded up all the leaders then there would have been no rising. But the date of the raid was the 2nd May wasn't it Joe? And the number of executions carried out of those held after the surrender on the 29th April by the 2nd of May 1916 numbered ZERO.

So tell me Joe why would Thomas Kent and his brothers have good reason to believe that that they would be apprehended and executed? Could it possibly be that they knew that as part of the reception committee for the German arms that were supposed to have been landed from the Aud they were guilty of treason?

In the USA Joe if an armed uprising occurred and it was thwarted are you honestly trying to tell us that the intelligence and law enforcement agencies would NOT raid the houses of known conspirators and supporters? The RIC had very good reason to raid the Kent house.

"One the raid happened, Kent had every reason to believe that his own death was inevitable...and history proved that to be correct. Sorry, but I can't place any blame on Thomas Kent."

1: The gun-fight that occurred was started by the four Kent brothers, their choice, the choice taken had consequences that the Kent brothers must have known. If you shoot at police officers they are most certainly going to shoot back - The fault here was entirely on the part of the Kent brothers NOT the RIC

2: The "inevitability of death" line that you have stated. Of the four Kent brothers, one died as a result of wounds received in a gun battle that they initiated - entirely his own fault, NOT that of the RIC, another attempted to escape after having surrendered - again entirely his own fault. Of the remaining two the person who shot and killed Rowe was tried, found guilty and executed and the other was tried and acquitted. The round up and arrest of members and supporters of the IRB and IVF from all over Ireland numbered 3,509 Joe - ONLY ONE - Thomas Kent was executed and he was executed not for offences under the Treason Act but for the murder of a police officer, a charge he was undoubtedly guilty of. I'd blame Thomas Kent entirely.

Now simple answer to a simple question, as you dodged it before Joe:

There were two accounts posted regarding Thomas Kent - which account was the most complete and whose was the most factually honest? Answer please?