School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caiseal (roll number 581)
- Location:
- Cashel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An Mháthair Máighréad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 029
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- A woman who lived in Friar Street, Cashel, was up late on a certain night. as she was getting ready a bit of supper, she heard a road. She got such a fright that she ran (upstairs) up the stairs and remained there for some time. When she returned to the kitchen, she again heard the roar.
Next morning, when she got up, the neighbours knocked at the door and asked her if she heard a roar the night before. She told them she did. They informed her that a man - one of the neighbours - had died during the night and the cry she heard was that of the Banshee.(continues on next page)
