Beatha agus Bas Thomas Ruiséal

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Noel Ó Murchú

The Life and Death of Thomas Russell

An Sagart 2018

ISBN 9781911330080

Lth/Pgs 254

Ar an 24ú la de Mhárta 1918 in eachtra a tharla i gCarraig an Chabhaltaigh i gContae an Chláir, sádh Tomás Ruiséal, muinteoir óg agus Óglach, ó Choimín Chill Chúile in aice le Baile na nGall. Fuair se bás trí lá ina dhiaidh sin. Deirtear gurb é a shochraid an tsochraid ba mhó a chonacthas i gCiarraí Thiar riamh. Seo e a scéal.

On the 24th of March 1918 in an incident that occurred in Carrigaholt in County Clare, Tomás Ruiséal, a teacher and a volunteer from Kilcooley Commons near Ballydavid, was bayonetted. He died three days later. It is said that his funeral was the biggest ever held in West Kerry. This is his story.