School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Nic Shiomóin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 123

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 123

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ballinvally (C.)
  2. XML Page 123
  3. XML “The Banshee”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The banshee was heard crying
    1. Lenihans, Ellentown. Delvin.
    2. Bennets, Gallows Hill, Delvin.
    3. Darly's, Moyleroe, Delvin.
    4. Gilmores, Sheepstown, Delvin.
    5. Cookes, Mapestown, Drumcree, Delvin.
    6. Fay's Scurlogstown, Delvin.
    7. Holme's, Ballinvalley, Delvin.
    8. Murray's, Delvin.
    9. O'Neills, Delvin.
    10. Lyon's, Drumcree.
    11. Smyth, Drumcree.
    Three knocks come before a death in the family of - :
    1. Powers, Moyleroe,Delvin.
    2. Barry's, Delvin.
    3. Dargan's "
    4. Mangan's, Mapestown.
    Long ago people used say if a raven crossed over your head, you would be dead in a month. Mrs Gilmore's mother was working on the bog & a raven flew over her head. She told them about it & she was dead by that day month.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. banshees (~369)
    Language
    English