I am researching my Keegan family. I understand Peter Keegan (1833-1909) lived at Killane, Co Wexford for a time, probably as a teacher. Are there archives I can search online specifically connected to Killane or Co Wexford and teachers there? He would have worshipped at Church of Ireland.
The Church of Ireland parish for Killane (aka Killann) is also named Killane, in the Diocese of Ferns, the good news is that historic records survive for the parish back to 1771 for baptisms and marriages, 1795 for death/burials, and are held by the Representative Church Body Library (RCBL) in south County Dublin. As far as I know Killane records are not currently available online on any of the major commercial websites.
Your Peter should be somewhere on the 1901 census but I dont see any sign of him in the Killane electoral district which covers the area - do you have any other details on him - e.g. estimated year of birth, name of wife and children ?
I have a list of National School teachers for early 1900s - I have a search through that for any sign of him..
I dont see any sign of your Peter on the National School teachers lists, it's dated 1905 and is held by the National Archives of Ireland.
I found the 1909 death for him in Mountmellick district, reported age 76. There's a good match for him on the 1901 census with his wife daughter and two grandchildren which I presume you have seen already, he is a School Master living at Windgate, which is just south of Bray on the road to Greystones.. A search of the c1900s OS map shows Windgates School to the south west of the townland.
Your Peter is listed in Thom's 1904, officially a 'Dublin' directory but it also lists Bray - there's an listing for Windgates in the section for Bray which an entry as follows :
Erasmus Smith's - Male and Female Schools - Peter Keegan, teacher
Peter is also listed at Windgates in the 1906 Thom's, the 1910 edition shows a Robert Kelly as teacher. I think Killane is probably a bit too rural to appear in a directory - maybe Peter might be mentioned in a newspaper ?
I located a birth of a child of Peter and Elizabeth (nee Godsell), Thomas Henry born 21st February 1869, place of birth and residence is recorded as 'Parish of Killan', Peter's occupation as 'Steward and Teacher'. There are at least two other possible children to the couple in civil records Catherine in 1864, and George in 1872 also Parish of Killan, County Wexford. Peter and Elizabeth married in 1852 in County Tipperary, her home county, so likely there are other other children in baptism records between 1852 and 1863.