School: Baile an Doirín (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Cléirigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033, Page 0365
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- About three hundred years ago there lived in the churchyard of Kileenavarra Co. Galway a fairy in the shape of a Long Black Hand. Everybody that would pass there from setting sun to dawn was killed or injured by her. She used to kill the people and the people were very much afraid of her. A rich man in the townland of Clough decided to give five thousand pounds, thirty hides , and his lovely daughter, Kate in arraignment to the person that would kill her. A man named Hynes got a horse and a sword to kill her and he went up at twelve o clock at night to kill her. It was churning when he arrived and her called it to come out. When she saw the man she threw the churn dash at him. It struck the wall and the mark is to be seen still. When the horse saw her he ran away down the road and the fairy after him.(continues on next page)
