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'''Eduardo Casey''' was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] born of [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] parents in 1847 in [[Buenos Aires]]. In 1880 he purchased {{Convert|1700|sqmi|km2}} of land in [[Santa Fe Province]] and founded there the present-day city of [[Venado Tuerto]], named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped in the founding and funding of the Argentine town of [[Pigüé]], [[Saavedra Partido|Saavedra]] in 1884.
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'''Eduardo Casey''' (April 20, 1847 – July 23, 1906), was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] landowner of [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] descent.<ref>{{Citation |title=Diario de sesiones|year=1891|publisher=Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ul4lAQAAIAAJ&q=eduardo+casey+buenos+aires}}</ref> In 1880 he purchased {{Convert|1700|sqmi|km2}} of land in [[Santa Fe Province]] and founded there the present-day city of [[Venado Tuerto]], named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped in the founding and funding of the Argentine town of [[Pigüé]], [[Saavedra Partido|Saavedra]] in 1884.<ref>{{Citation |title=Congreso de Historia de los Pueblos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires|year=1974|publisher=Archivo Histórico de la Provincia de Buenos Aires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaoZAAAAYAAJ&q=Eduardo+Casey+buenos+aires}}</ref>

He was born in [[Lobos|Lobos, Province of Buenos Aires]], the son of [[Lawrence Casey]], born in [[Westmeath]], and Mary O'Neill, of [[Wicklow]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Irlandeses, Eduardo Casey, vida y obra|year=1995|publisher=Roberto E. Landaburu|isbn=9789879562406|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G81DAAAAYAAJ&q=lawrence+casey+buenos+aires}}</ref> He was married to María Inés Gahan, daughter of John Gahan and Mary Devitt, belonging to a family of Irish Catholics.<ref>{{Citation |title=Los irlandeses en la Argentina|year=1987|publisher=Eduardo A. Coghlan|isbn=9789504316855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezILAAAAYAAJ&q=Eduardo+Casey+Mar%C3%ADa+In%C3%A9s+Gahan}}</ref>

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Eduardo Casey
Personal details
Born1847
Lobos, Buenos Aires,
Died1906
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationLandowner
entrepreneur

Eduardo Casey (April 20, 1847 – July 23, 1906), was an Argentine landowner of Irish descent.[1] In 1880 he purchased 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2) of land in Santa Fe Province and founded there the present-day city of Venado Tuerto, named after a one-eyed deer that alerted early settlers to attacks by local Indians. He also helped in the founding and funding of the Argentine town of Pigüé, Saavedra in 1884.[2]

He was born in Lobos, Province of Buenos Aires, the son of Lawrence Casey, born in Westmeath, and Mary O'Neill, of Wicklow.[3] He was married to María Inés Gahan, daughter of John Gahan and Mary Devitt, belonging to a family of Irish Catholics.[4]

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  1. ^ Diario de sesiones, Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)., 1891
  2. ^ Congreso de Historia de los Pueblos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Archivo Histórico de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1974
  3. ^ Irlandeses, Eduardo Casey, vida y obra, Roberto E. Landaburu, 1995, ISBN 9789879562406
  4. ^ Los irlandeses en la Argentina, Eduardo A. Coghlan, 1987, ISBN 9789504316855