School: Athboy
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Pilib Ó Néill Tomás Ó Domhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 247
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- Nobody in our time is reported as having come in contact with fairies. There is however a pretty strong faith in the visitation of the Banshee. This belief was shaken from time to time by the discovery that the supposed eerie cry of the dreaded visitor from the world beyond the grave was produced by one of the village dogs or cats in a fit of depression. Most people in Athboy have heard the Banshee's cry and a very large percentage believe in it.
Names of people whose deaths were supposed to be proceeded by the Banshee's coming.
1. Mr Tom and Mrs Fanny Cusack, Bridge Street, Athboy.
2. Mr Roes, second next door to i.
3. Mr Gills of Rathmore about 30 years ago.
4. Mr Athern, Main Street Athboy.
5. Mr Martin, Connaught Street, Athboy.
6. Mr Manning, Main Street, next door (4)
