Facts: - death place: knockbrack , county kerry - battles: irish war of independence - death date: 2 october 2007 - allegiance: irish republican army - birth date: 2 january 1902 - serviceyears: 1920 -- 1939 - name: dan keating - laterwork: barman - image: dankeating.jpg - birth place: castlemaine , county kerry , ireland - rank: volunteer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dan keating .
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daniel '' dan '' keating -lrb- , 2 january 1902 -- 2 october 2007 -rrb- was a lifelong irish republican and patron of republican sinn fein .at the time of death he was ireland 's oldest man and the last surviving veteran of the irish war of independence .