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We present a detailed study of the young T Tauri star Par 1724, located 15 arc min north of the Trapezium cluster in Orion. Our extensive VRI photometric measurements confirm the rotational period to be 5.7 days. Repeated high-resolution spectra show variability in the radial velocity with the same period. A Doppler imaging analysis based on high-S/N high-resolution spectra yields an image showing a pronounced dark feature (spot) at relatively low latitude, which is responsible for most or all of the observed variability. Our high-resolution spectra yield a rotational velocity of v.sini≃71km/s, a surface gravity of logg≃3, and a mean heliocentric radial velocity of ∼23km/s, the latter being consistent with membership to the Orion association. The equivalent width of the lithium 6708Å line is variable, consistent with rotational modulation. The line is stronger when the spot is on the front side; the lithium abundance observed when the spot is on the back side is consistent with the primordial value. Many ROSAT X-ray observations show that Par 1724 is a strong and variable X-ray source. It has shown one of the most powerful X-ray flares. Our deep infrared imaging at high spatial resolution reveals no physically bound visual companions down to ∼1arcsec separations and a magnitude difference up to {DELTA}R=7mag, and also no companion down to ∼0.13arcsec with {DELTA}K=2.5mag. We also present the spectral energy distribution of Par 1724 and show that it does not display infrared excess. We estimate the bolometric luminosity to be ∼49L_☉, the spectral type to be K0, and the radius to be ∼9R_☉. Although Par 1724 appears to have lost all its circumstellar material, its bolometric luminosity places it very close to the stellar birth-line at an age of only ∼2x10⁵years, with a mass of ∼3M_☉. According to its present location and 3D space motion (∼20km/s to the north relative to the cluster), Par 1724 may have been ejected from the Trapezium ∼10⁵yrs ago. We cannot rule out that a close companion is responsible for part of the radial velocity variation, but such a close pair might still have been ejected together depending on the encounter dynamics. Par 1724 appears to be a very young, weak-line run-away T Tauri star moving north relative to the Trapezium, but sharing the Orion radial velocity.