Austin Stack was born on 7 December 1879 in Ballymullen, Tralee, County Kerry, and died on 27 April 1929. He was an Irish republican and politician who served as Minister for Home Affairs from 1921 to 1922 and as a Teachta Dála from 1918 to 1927. Educated at the Christian Brothers School in Tralee, he became a clerk in a solicitor's office at fourteen. A gifted Gaelic footballer, he captained the Kerry team to All-Ireland Senior Football Championship victory in 1904, and he also served as President of the Gaelic Athletic Association's Kerry County Board. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1908, was commandant of the Kerry Brigade of the Irish Volunteers in 1916, and was sentenced to death for his part in the Rising, a sentence later commuted to penal servitude for life.
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A gifted Gaelic footballer, he captained the Kerry team to All-Ireland SFC victory in 1904.
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A gifted Gaelic footballer, he captained the Kerry team to All-Ireland SFC victory in 1904.
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A gifted Gaelic footballer, he captained the Kerry team to All-Ireland SFC victory in 1904.
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