School: Anacarty (C.) (roll number 8957)
- Location:
- Annacarty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Bríghid Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0581, Page 364
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- (continued from previous page)He carried the head in a sack to Cashel but instead of receiving the bribe the traitor was informed that Ned o' the Hill had been pardoned for the brave rescue of an English lady. He threw the head over the ditch near Cashel.
There are a cave and well in Foilaclug which still bear Eamon a Cnuics name
- Dan Breen who was a native of Donohill was our greatest local hero. He joined the I.R.A. at a young age and went heart and soul into the movement and led an active career during the Anglo-Irish War. He was a comrade of Seán Tracey who spent his early years in Hollyford in Anacarty parish.
Dan Breen was a daring soldier and risked his life again and again(continues on next page)
