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Thread #72285   Message #1775740
Posted By: Big Tim
04-Jul-06 - 12:23 PM
Thread Name: Gaelic trans.: Eamonn an Chnoic/Chniuic
Subject: RE: Gaelic trans.: Eamonn an Chniuic
Eamonn Ó Riain (Edmund Ryan) (1670-1724) came from Atshanbohy, near Upperchurch, Co. Tipperary. He shot dead a tax collector who was confiscating a poor woman's only cow. He was forced to become an outlaw, a 'rapparee'. He fought at Ballyneety, Aughrim and the siege of Limerick. As the Pogues songs states, he was indeed 'murdered for blood money', a reward of £200.