Faction Fighting Cappawhite Co,Tipperary Ireland
submitted by uklmhb
on 09/27/16
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The square in Cappawhite Co,Tipperary Origin of the name Cappawhite : The old name for Cappawhite was Ceapach meaning " tillage plot or clearance in a wood ". The White family living in Cappagh House in the 1800's gave the White name to the village. Faction Fight : " The Fair of Cappawhite is no place for a man with a thin skull " was the plead by a defendant in a murder charge after a Fair in Cappawhite. It was famous for its Faction Fighting from the early 1800's to 1887 where the Russian Buckley was killed in the last recorded fight.
