The 1916 Volunteer and ‘The Irish Times’
This newspaper dismissed Edward Keegan when he left his desk to fight in the Easter Rising. Now, to honour him, it has bought his 1916 medal to put on permanent display
‘Irish Times’ buys former employee’s 1916 medal
Edward Laurence Keegan, an advertising clerk, was shot while fighting in the Rising
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