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
School Cill Seanaigh (C.), Inis [Vol. 0617, Chapter 0004]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Clare Schools
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
Original reference: 0617/4/10
Captain Austin Mac Keen
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