Keating joined fellow Irish Republicans at Farmers Bridge near Tralee including Johnny Connor.

[3] On 21 April 1921, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) Constable Denis O'Loughlin was shot dead in Knightly's public house in Tralee.

He was arrested several times during the 1930s on various charges relating to his Irish republican activities and in 1935 he was sentenced to 12 months in Mountjoy Prison.

This group carried out a series of bombings and arson attacks in central London and remained active until the end of the campaign.

[9] Back in Ireland, Keating was arrested again in August 1940 and again interned at the Curragh Camp and was released after the May 1944 election victory of Fianna Fail.

[2] After former IRA volunteer George Harrison died in October 2004, Keating became patron of Republican Sinn Féin until his own death.