School: Dromakeenan
- Location:
- Drumakeenan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhallamhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0818, Page 122
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- In olden times keeners used to attend at all the funerals and it is believed banshees still follow very old families so there is a pass between the town-lands of Lisnageeragh, Dromakeenan and [Cunnear?]. This pass goes by "Perrys mill" and when any person of these old families dies the banshee cries all along this pass. It has been heard even very lately. It always cries loudest on a hill known now as "Eagle Hill" or The nest-of-the-Eagle. This hill is a land mark as it used to be one of the places where Ely O'Carroll used to light his Beacons or signal fires to warn his clansmen of South Offaly and on Knock Hill for North Offaly. It is believed that lights are seen at night even up to the present day on these Hills. When Brian(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Monks
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Monks
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Labourer
