THE Limerick Museum is currently hosting an exhibition on the storied life of a man whose death was described as “a great loss to the IRA”. The exhibition, titled ‘A Fine Type of Irishman: The Life and Death of Tom Blake’ was opened alongside the unveiling of a painting of Éamon de Valera by Seán Keating. Thomas (Tom) Blake (1892–1921) worked as a chemist’s assistant at Laird’s Medical Hall, 118 O’Connell Street in Limerick City. He joined the I…
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