- Seán Keenan
Seán Keenan (died
3 March 1993 ) [http://www.mail-archive.com/kominform@lists.eunet.fi/msg03890.html Derry republican remembered] Aeneas Bonner. Retrieved2008-03-01 ] was an Irish republican fromDerry ,Ireland who was interned without trial on three occasions, in1938 ,1956 and1971 . He spent a total of 15 years in jail despite never being convicted of an offence. [ [http://www.visitderry.com/murals.html What to see and do - Murals and Monuments] www.visitderry.com. Retrieved2008-02-25 ] In 1971 he was paroled due to the death of one of his sons who had been shot by the British Army. [ [http://www.irishresistancebooks.com/internment/intern8.htm ‘Internment’ by John McGuffin (1973)] www.irishresistancebooks.com. Retrieved2008-02-25 ]Keenan was chairman of the
Derry Citizens Defence Association between July and October 1969, and played a prominent role in the events surrounding the creation and defence ofFree Derry . In the late 1980s he was he was made honorary vice president for life ofRepublican Sinn Féin until his death.His son also Sean was a
Sinn Féin councillor was elected to Belfast City Council in 1985 to represent West Belfast and worked hard to preserve the Irish language. [http://saoirse32.blogsome.com/2006/08/04/sean-keenan-final-farewell/ Sean Keenan: Final farewell] Roisin McManus.2006-08-04 . Retrieved2008-02-25 ] He died after a long battle with cancer in August 2006.ee also
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HMS Al Rawdah (1911)
*HMS Maidstone (1937)
*Maze (HM Prison)
*Operation Demetrius References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070206183512/http://irelandsown.net/keenan.htm (cached) Seán Keenan Memorial to 60 years of service - Ireland's OWN]
* [http://www.burnsmoley.com/text/intern8.php Internment, John McGuffin (1973)] Chapter 8 - INTERNMENT 1971: THOSE DETAINED
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