Thomas Keane (Christian Brother)
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Thomas (Munchin) Keane (Irish: Tomás Maincín Ó Catháin), was an Irish Christian Brother, teacher,[1] and mathematician. Keane wrote the first textbook for the new Leaving Certificate mathematics in Irish in the 1960s.[2] His commitment to the irish language showed as he insisted on writing and publishing an Irish language version of the textbook, before publishing the English language version.[original research?] In 1964, he presented Eamon De Valera with a copy of the textbook.[citation needed]
Born Thomas Keane in 1908, in Kilnamona, County Clare, he took the name Munchin, when he joined the Christian Brother's order. He trained to be a school teacher with the brothers, in St. Joseph's and Marino. In 1938, he gained a BA degree from University College Cork, and an H.Dip in Education from University College Dublin in 1939, later he gained an MA from UCC. He taught in and administered St. Joseph's CBS, Fairview, where he introduced the Leaving Certificate programmes, among his pupils were future Taoiseach Charles Haughey and government minister George Colley.[3] In Dungarvan, he taught future agriculture minister Austin Deasy, and in Mount Sion, he taught minster of state Brian Hayes. The future president of the GAA Paddy Buggy, who gave a eulogy at his centenary mass, was also one of his former pupils.[4]
Keane died at St. Patrick's Christian Brothers' nursing house, Baldoyle, on 5 November 1989. He is buried in the Christian Brothers' Ignatius Rice cemetery at St Patrick's, Baldoyle.[citation needed]
In 2000, Our Lady's School, Templemore,(where Bro Keane also taught), inaugurated in his memory Corn Uí Chatháin (Keane Cup) and Scíath Uí Chatháin (Keane Shield), for inter second-level Munster school hurling leagues
In 2008, marking the centenary of his birth, a bronze plaque was erected in his native parish Church, St. Joseph's, Kilnamona, County Clare[5] and in St. Joseph's Fairview, commissioned by some of his former pupils also from Portlaoise, Mount Sion, Dungarvan, Templemore, and Limerick, depicting his contributions to his passions of faith, Gaelic games, the Irish language and teaching.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Celebrating 125 Years in the Education System - St. Joseph's 125 Anniversary Book (1888-2013), St. Josephs CBS Fairview, 2015.
- ↑ "Matamaitic na hÁrd Teistiméireachta (Leaving Certificate Mathematics)", An Bráthair Tomás Maincín Ó Catháin, BA, H.Dip, MA., Na Bráithre Críostaí, 1967
- ↑ Irish Christian Brothers: Reflections on the End of a Tradition by Dr. Declan Hayes, The Burkean, April 9, 2022.
- ↑ Br. Thomas Munchin Keane Mass Photo, Clare People, 2014.
- ↑ "Clare: Mathematician honoured in Kilnamona". The Irish Emigrant. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ Plaque dedicated to An Bráthair Tomás Ó Catháin/Brother Thomas Keane Keane Family Tree.
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