Máirtín Standún (1918-1994) was an Irish Republican.
Máirtín Standún | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1918 |
| Died | 15 December 1994 (aged 76) Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Biography
editStandún (born 1918) was born and raised in Liverpool. He joined the Gaelic League in the city "aged sixteen or seventeen, determined to learn Irish."[1] He subsequently joined the Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) "and was sort of hounded by the police for a while. So I eventually came to Ireland in the summer of 1939."[2] He worked in Dublin until May 1940 when he was interned, been released in 1943.
He married May Mulready of Mullingar and they moved to Spiddal where in 1946, they founded a department store named Standun which has turned into an attraction on the Galway tourist trail.[3][4]
References
editFurther reading
editSinging Shores, Whispering Wind:Voices of Connemara, Raymonde Standun and Bill Long, 2001. ISBN 1-902602-62-5.