Folklore Thursday: The Bealnadeega Ghost

As part of "The Kerry Chronicles" there will be "Folklore Friday" posts featuring stories found in The School Collection. The "Folklore Thursday" posts will be primarily about text from the collections that mention Moynihans or Ó’Muineacháins or stories about places or other events in Kilcummin parish in Co. Kerry. 

This week's "Folklore Thursday" story is about "The Bealnadeega Ghost" who was reported to have killed two men, one of them being Malachy Moynihan of "The Bower", Kerry.

Excerpt:

"It is said that in olden times 

there lived in Bealnadeega a Fairy 

and when the people were going from Killarney to Cork 

in cars conveying goods 

they used to meet her on the road. 

When two men used travel together 

she would never attack them, 

but used to always attack a lone man." 

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0451, Page 008
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