Who is Fergus Kilpatrick from Ficciones and what is their importance?

Fergus Kilpatrick appears in the story, Theme of the Traitor and Hero. A celebrated leader of Ireland, Kilpatrick was killed in a theater by a group of conspirators. In the story, the narrator compares Kilpatrick's death to those of Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln. The narrator also suggests that Kilpatrick's assassination was staged in order to protect his followers from realizing he was a traitor to their trust.