Máirtín Standún

Máirtín Standún

Máirtín Standún, businessman and Irish republican, born 1918.

Standún was born and raised in Liverpool. He joined the Gaelic League in the city "aged sixteen or seventeen .. determined to learn Irish." 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." He worked in Dublin till May 1940 when he was interned, been released in 1943.

He married May Mulready of Mullingar and they moved to An Spidéal where in 1945 where they founded Standúns center for Irish fashion and crafts. It has since become a commercial success in the area, and its stores are a major attraction on the Galway tourist trail.

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References

  • Singing Shores, Whispering Wind:Voices of Connemara, Raymonde Standun and Bill Long, 2001. ISBN 1 902602 62 5.

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