Dick McKee
Dick McKee | |
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| Native name | Risteárd Mac Aoidh |
| Birth name | Richard McKee |
| Nickname(s) | 'Fergus' |
| Born | 4 April 1893 Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 21 November 1920 (aged 27) Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland |
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| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Second Battalion, Dublin Brigade |
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Richard "Dick" McKee (Irish: Risteárd Mac Aoidh; 4 April 1893 – 21 November 1920) was a prominent member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was also friend to some senior members in the republican movement, including Éamon de Valera, Austin Stack and Michael Collins. Along with Peadar Clancy and Conor Clune, he was killed by his captors in Dublin Castle on Sunday, 21 November 1920, a day known as Bloody Sunday that also saw the killing of a network of British intelligence agents by the "Squad" unit of the Irish Republican Army and the killing of 14 people in Croke Park by the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC).