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Title
Date(s)
- [1930] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
3 pp.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Maurice ‘Moss’ Twomey was born in Fermoy, County Cork, on 10 June in 1897. He was educated by the local Christian Brothers. He joined the Irish Volunteers on its formation in 1914 and proved to be an able recruit. He quickly rose to the rank of Battalion… Read more
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Scope and content
Brief biographical account of Volunteer Thomas Keane who died from an accidental gun shot from his own weapon during rifle practice prior to the 1916 Rising.
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Language of material
- English
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Existence and location of copies
Available digitally on the University of Limerick Digital Library at https://doi.org/10.34966/uldl.kvxa-pp16.