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Mary Angela Keane

Mary Angela Keane

Irish historical geographer from County Clare and author of "The Burren"; expert on the region's geology, flora, and history.

May 24, 2026

5:30
Can you tell us how that happened?
5:31
Well, yes.
5:32
At that time, in the early 1960s, it would've been, um, May 1962, May 1962, um, there were very few people in Lisdoonvarna.
5:46
And the, the hotel that, whose family I joined, that stayed open through the whole year.
5:54
And so we had a small dribble of people coming in, and me with my newfound knowledgeWould tell them what I, uh, had.
6:06
And then I asked them when they were finished their holiday, could you give me a little report on what you saw and you did? And I collected all of these, and that meant the next guest then that came, "What are you looking for?" And they're looking for so and so, and I could say, "Yes, if you go down here and go right and turn left, you'll find it."
7:49
when he came first?
7:50
I think he came on his own in the beginning, and, uh, he had a very rusty bicycle.

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