School: Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma
- Location:
- Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
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- The Member of Parliament for Cashel.
Cashel + District was represented in the House of Commons all during OConnells time, but the Constituency was done away with some years after, when corruption + bribery was proved against the Constituents + Candidates.
Some Mr Munster came along to contest the Action. Nobody knew where he came from (as the story goes) He gave out blankets + money galore in Cashel + as he afterwards disclosed himself everybody with for exceptions, accepted bribes. They unbought ones were Mullins, Hyden Corby _ someone else.
Mr Munster was beaten however + he brought the case before the courts proving that there was bribery + buying of votes
Cashel was deprived thence forward of its representative in Parliament.
- Collector
- Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Denis Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Tipperary
