The Piper of Cloone: Father James Keegan and the Early Gaelic Revival (Irish Research Series)

Biography with writings, poems and translations of James Keegan (1859-1894). Keegan was a founder (along with Douglas Hyde) of the Irish Gaelic League and was part of the early Irish Renaissance in creative writing and national consciousness. Keegan, whilst a priest, also wrote for national journals under a variety of pseudonyms and with an uncanny ability. Little is known of Keegan and this is the first full study of his brief career and his literary production. Exiled to the U.S., James Keegan died at the age of 35 in Ireland as a result of caring for fever victims in St. Louis, Missouri.Dorothy Ramsey is the author of 'The Piper of Cloone: Father James Keegan and the Early Gaelic Revival (Irish Research Series)', published 2005 under ISBN 9781930901988 and ISBN 1930901984.