School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)
- Location:
- Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
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- In Ireland in olden times when members of certain families died, the head of the house paid people tp cry and lament for ta week and at the present day a tall figure dressed in white with flowing hair called the Banshee is seen and heard in different parts of the country. In Kilcash, near Clonmel about fifty years ago, a man named O'Brien was sick and had the neighbours who kept watch with the family during the night were surprised to hear what they thought to be a child crying in the yard. A man named Meany went out and saw the Banshee standing at a stile at the side of the house, crying and combing her hair with a dressing comb. O'Brien died the following day.
From Mrs. Halpin
Boolagh Fethard Co. Tipp- Collector
- James Halpin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boolagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Halpin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Boolagh, Co. Tipperary