School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)
- Location:
- Caiseal, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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- Eamonn an Cnuic the famous raparee, was born in the latter part of the seventeenth century. He was so called because his birth-place was Knock Mehil, Co. Tipperary. One day three gentlemen who were shooting birds met him but they did not recognise him. They were bad shots and they shot but a few birds. Eamonn an Cnuic said that he would fill all their bags with birds. They agreed and lent him a gun and ammunition. Then he started to shoot birds. At every shot he killed a bird. he kept on shooting until the bags were(continues on next page)