On this day in 1828, CJ Kickham, novelist, poet and patriot was born near Cashel.
In 1873, Kickham produced his greatest literary work- 'Knocknagow'. According to William Nolan, Professor Emeritus of Geography at Trinity College, Knocknagow 'remains the best literary "photograph" of land, landscape, and life in nineteenth-century Ireland.' The novel was a scathing indictment of English misrule and Irish gombeenism that together were destroying the community of small farmers and cottiers that Kickham revered.
