School: Poll an Chapaill, Mullinahone (roll number 14181)
- Location:
- Poulacapple West, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó h-Icidhe
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- (continued from previous page)went in and started to eat the porridge. In the meantime the police followed the robbers and tracked them to Mackey's. They met Mrs. Mackey in the yard and asked her if she had seen the robbers and she said she did not. Then the police said that they must have taken to the hills. When she went in, she was surprised to see the robbers and said "Well done Mrs. Mackey you have saved two lives this morning."
- One stormy night my father and John Coady were going to Windgap to a dance. At Mrs Maher's garden gate in Springmound, John Coady heard a melancholy wailing. He looked into the ditch and there was the Banshee. Coady gave vent to a terrible cry, but my father did not see anything and asked John what was on him and Coady pointed to where the Banshee was but still my father could not see anything. They proceeded to Killamory and again the vision was to be seen at the pump and the Banshee told them to go back(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Edward Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Poulacapple West, Co. Tipperary
