therisingofthemoon

John Keegan “Leo” Casey

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 8 older comments, and then…
• Foxglove said:

  ... Rising of the moon... pikes together. he was a Fenian leader off now to Google as my 1860s/fenian history is very scattered.

• Suck Diesel said:

  "And come tell me Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so Hush a bhuachaill, hush and listen and his cheeks were all aglow I bear orders from the captain, get you ready quick and soon For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon At the rising of the moon, at the rising of the moon For the pikes must be together at the rising of the moon And come tell me Sean O'Farrell, where the gathering is to be At the old spot by the river quite well known to you and me" m.youtube.com/watch?v=lpiX93rSCoc

• beachcomber australia said:

  Flickr is sometimes amazing! A very short bio including this photo, via Westmeath Libraries Wikipedia is a bit thin - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keegan_Casey The "Leo" nickname was evidently a nom de plume when he had his first work published aged 16, according to this Trove 1890 article, which has a few other gems. He died aged 23 in 1870 and 50,000 people attended his funeral - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164858030

• CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:

  In the trove article, it mentions the Mation newspaper . . . John Mitchel, one of the 13 young Irelanders was the editor/maybe owner, I don't exactly recall.

• oaktree_brian_1976 said:

  Died when he was 23. Bit of a songster...https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/john-keegan-casey