Dick McKee

Richard “Dick” McKee (Irish name 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 spies by the "Squad" unit of the Irish Republican Army and the killing of 14 people in Croke Park by British forces.…more