Irish News, 23 Jan 2009
Last Irish survivor of International Brigade dies
The last surviving Irish member of the International Brigade which fought in the Spanish Civil War has died.
Bob Doyle who was born in Dublin in February 1916 died in London.
He had gone to Spain to fight for the Republican government against the Fascists in 1937 but was soon captured and spent most of his time in a prison camp before being released in 1939
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