School: Ceathrú na hAille (Carnahallia) (roll number 7416)
- Location:
- Cahernahallia, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Madadhain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 375
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- (continued from previous page)struck him blind, and the other ran away to America and it is said, a hug bird flying over his head, was a constant source of annoyance to him.
The Countess of Ormonde is supposed to have been the last resident of the Moat, and we are told that a pine wood once covered the surrounding fields, but there are no traces of a wood having been in the vicinity now. O'Sullivan Beare passed through this district on his weary march northwards, and he and his men plundered the neighbouring homesteads for food.
Brian Boru is supposed to have fought against the Danes at Ballinvara, a townland within a few hundred yards of Churchfield. This battle took place a few weeks before the battle of Sologhead, but all that would lead one to give any credence to the matter is the fact that a local farmer dug up a peculiar kind of helmet or headgear some years ago in this district.
