Beatha agus Bás Thomás Ruiséal – The Life and Death of Thomas Russell

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

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