School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 388

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 388

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    The banshee follows certain families.

    The banshee follows certain families. It follows the Brennan family of Grangeclare. A long time ago a man in Grangeclare called James Brennan generally known as "Red Jim" heard the banshee crying one night as he was going up the fields at the back of the house the next morning he found a comb on a stone on the headland
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