School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin (roll number 967)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Sr M.R. Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
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- (continued from previous page)of wool but as soon as she came nearer she assumed a woman's form. After a time she sat on the corner of the Bosheen and started keening and combing her hair. After a while she disappearedThat same night the Banshee was heard in Ryleen and in the Maudlins and on that very night a man named Mc. Carthy died in the Maudlins.It is said that the Banshee follows families whose names begin with "O" or "Mac."
- Collector
- Ella Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quay Street, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Gender
- Female