Margaret Keogh: The only woman to die for the Irish Republic in the War of Independence

Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc unearths the details surrounding the death of a patriot which have been kept secret for a century.

For decades the stories of theRepublican women who fought for freedom during the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence were overshadowed by the deeds of their male comrades. The centenary of the 1916 Rising brought a renewed focus on the role of women in the Irish Revolution. Today, Constance Markievicz, Kathleen Lynn, Sheila Humphries and the other republican women who fought for freedom are all relatively well known, but only one woman died for the Irish Republic during the War of Independence: Margaret Keogh.