Captain Austin Mac Keen

Abstract: Story collected by Mary Vaughan, a student at Cill Seanaigh (C.), Inis school (Kilshanny, Co. Clare) from informant Austin Vaughan.

Original reference: 0617/4/10

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Captain Austin Mac Keen [duchas:4874923]

Captain Austin Mac Keen

Amongst the most noted personages in Kilshanny during the past half a century, was Austin Mac keen or the "Captain" as he was commonly called. He was a captain in the Fenian movement in 1867 and had several narrow escapes from arrest.

He was the most famous runner of his time and was celebrated in a local ballad for a run of over twenty miles with a police force in hot pursuit. He jumped the Inagh River and the policemen were not able to follow him any farther.

He was a great Irish writer and scholar, and wrote and copied several manuscripts in a fine style of Gaelic writing.

He died in the year 1924 aged about 80 years

Origin information
Kilshanny, Co. Clare
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 276-277
Volume 0617
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd, Bean Mhic Consaidín.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry--Filíocht na ndaoine
School location
KilshannyCill SeanaighKilshannyKilshannyCorcomroeClare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5080780
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0617/4/10

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"Captain Austin Mac Keen"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5080780>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bríd, Bean Mhic Consaidín.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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