School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Mhic Treóin (roll number 967)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Sr M.R. Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0897, Page 151
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- Between fifteen and twenty year's ago a lady by the name of Miss Dunphy N.T. Irish-town heard the Banshee.One night Miss Dunphy went to bed and after a long sleep she was awakened by a noise.
Her bedroom window faced down the Irish-town.
When she woke up she was dazed by sleep. She heard screams. At first she thought it was the howling of dogs ut as the screaming came nearer it filled the whole vault of the heavens. Then all of a sudden it struck her that it was the Banshee.The lady got out of bed and went to the maid's room. She woke the maid and told her she had heard the Banshee. Then the maid said "Come on over to the window until we see what she is like."But Miss Dunphy did not go over. The maid looked out the window and she said : "That's she alright."
"What is she like?" Miss Dunphy asked.
The description she gave her was :-
At first she looked like a huge tangled ball(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ella Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quay Street, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
