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The chicks were collected this June from nests throughout the Trondheim area of West-Central Norway.
It is hoped the eagle families will go on to form a viable population in Ireland.
A post-mortem confirmed that the bird had dozens of shotgun pellets lodged in its body, but appears to have starved to death.
The first white-tailed eagle chicks have been born in Ireland after 100 years – but the Irish Farmers’ Association is calling for more monitoring.
Minister Jimmy Deenihan has condemned the killings of the eagles, who are believed to have been poisoned. One bird was also shot.
The pair is nesting in Mountshannon, in what has been described as a “momentous occasion” by the Golden Eagle Trust.