New-York tribune., 1907-01-07
! BERESF0RD BANSHEE
Hon Lcr' DcJoraPs Death Vas
Eeruldod at CGrYughmore.


Iord Deisvsl Berestord's recent death n +ha c..
Railroad wreck i fortnight ago sea-os to bou. 49,
heraided in tne customary manner b,, ~ .r
Of tie ghosr Of the wife OF s,r rristrarn
Berestoid 81 CuFraghrnore. the ancestral home of
The befesIofos and-one of the grandest country
places In the south OF ireland. This a,ost11 adv
Beresford. arreyed IN the garb Of The ba,+rr,, =,
;hs eighteenth century, with fair hair and broad
haok ribbon tie6 round the wrist of her loft arm
s"sy5 SHOWS nerseif when any death or misfortune
is ABOUT 10 overtake the house of Bsresford - G.
perhaps by reason of this that the Beresfords sr
MI so intensely superstitous indeed the n,asar+
head of the house, Lord Waterford gave rather
amusing Illustration OF this pecul,aritv on tho oc
oasion Of the birth OF his eldest son and heir little
Lord Tyrone He owns a fine house in Cayendsb
Square. London which unfortunately bao~g .h
number l3. and so alarmed was he lest this ,,r
laeky hu'noer should cast a blighting influence
over the so-cstied happy event that he actually
lsased Tor a couple Of months another furnished
house IN me same square. and II was there that
the birth Of the child took place Young Lord Wa
tsr1oTd- who Is married to a daughter OF LORD
1sanFdowne. mas now two boys. After them in the
line OF succession TO the marousate and estates
comes Admiral Lord Charles Beresford who has no
sons, and after him the ten-year-old son of tho
lste William Beresford and of his American wife
daughter OIL ComInodore Cicero Price, of the
United States navy. who was married In turn to
Louis Harnersley. of New York and the late DuLa
Of Marlborough before becoming the wife OF "Bilp'
Beresfor6.
With regard 10 the Lady Beresford WIN ALWAYS
herslds death in the Beresford family there Is
e strange story concerning the black rihbon
which her ghost is said always to wear on the
wrist and which figures also on her portrait II
seems that she had romantic affection for the
Lord Tyrone OF her day, and. filled with doubts
and fears as to the value OF their religious opip
ions, they made a solemn promise 70 each other
that whoever OF the two died first should ~ ner-
nittsd oy the Almighty, appear TO the survivor
lof ms purpose OF proving the existence of the
Divinity. Fifteen years later she came down one
morning 10 breakfast looking very much agitated
with a black ribbon tied round her wrist Her
husband asked her II she had hurt herself where
upon she earnestly entreated him inouire
ss 10 the cause OF her wearing the ribbon. saying
1ou VIII never see me again without it" She then
eagerly and anxiously asked whether any letters
had arrived and on being questioned by her hus-
band remarked that she expected to hear OF Lord
Tyrones death, which, she declared, had taken
place on the previous Tuesday Her husband
laughed But in the afternoon letter was brousht
In stating that Lord Tyrone had died on Tuesday
morning al Dublin. To the amazement Of Sir
Tristram Beresford. bis WIFE instead of manifest
ing grief, showed feelings Of relief and exclaimed:
Il can now give you most satisfactory piece OF
Intelligence 1 going TO become q mother II
VIII be boy and an heir 10 your estates" The
son was born within the wear. who in coursa of
time inherited not only the Beresford title and es
tates. but marrying Lord Tyrones only child and
heiress OF all the lie Poer property was created
Earl Of Tyrone himself his father-in-law's title
being revived in his favor.
THAT BLACK RIBBON on HER WRIST
Many years afterward. when on her deathbed
Lady Beresford revealed TO her eldest son and TO
Archbishop William King. Of Dublin her spiritual
adviser and most intimate friend, the reason for
wearing the black ribbon on her wrist She de-
CARED that on the night preceding the arrival OF
tne announcement OF the death OF the last of the
La Poer Earls OF Tyrone he had appeared 10 her
OT bar had n
with fright he exclaimed: "Have you forgotten our
promise TO each other? died on Tuesday morning
az have been permitted to thus appear TO as
sure You that the revealed religion is the true and
only one by which can be saved I am suffered
10 inform you that you Will seven months hence
become the mother Of son. who viii marry my
infant heiress, and that you will your sixty
eighth year" Lady Beresford continued: II begged
MIN for some convincing sign proof, that
when the morning came I Nigh. be able 20 rely
that his appearance had been real. and not merely
the phantom Of my Imagination He thereupon laid
his hand. which WAS cold marble, on my
wrist and where the fingers touched IT the slrews
shrank up and the nerves withered Now said he
let no mortal eye while you live ever see that
wrist" After Lady Beresford's death, which
occurred precisely had been predicted in her
sxty-eighth year. her eldest son and the Arch
bishop OF Dublin united the black ribbon ana found
the wrist precisely as she had described IT. with
tne nerves withered ana the sirews shrunk the
discovery being placed written record by both
men, namely. Archbishop William King Of Duhl,n
and the first Of the Beresford Earls Of Tyrone
Lady Beresford lies buried in the Cathedral OF ST
Patrick. at Dublin but her spook has its abode at
CurTashmore This is the true story and origin Of
the famous banshee OF the Beresfords at C1rragh-
more the existence OF which is known and believed
In from one end OF Ireland to the other
AS for Lord Deiaval Beresford he was tbs
youngest Of the brothers of the late marquis and
had practically spent his entire life since attaining
manhood in ranching n Texas Mexico and Can
aoa- He visited England occasionally and for
merry held commission in the army but had
little fondness for the constraints OF life In Eng
Iano, preferr1ng the free and untramraelled ex-
lstence OF the Mexican border. His brother Ad-
nlral Lord Charles Beresford. is sailing from Eng
iaho next week on leave OF absence in order TO
attend TO the liquidation of the dead mans ex-
pensiFe interests on this side OF the Atlantic and
incidentally TO deal with the claims which have
been put forward by Lord DelavaTs octoroon house.
keeper 10 his estate.
THE PRINcELY HOUSE OF GAIJTZYN
FROM Russia comes the of the destruction
OF me ancestral home of the princely house OF
eaitzyn, in the province of Charkoff by insurgept
peasanry, who not only plundered the chateau
but consigned the latter TO the flames as well as
al the extensive buildings in connection Herewith
which included of the most famous studs in
Russia, sawmills, and all the agricultural ma
chinery needed for :he production Of breadstufYs
on q large scale In this, I'm other of their
analogous outrages the peasantry have displayed
both lack OF sense and OF gratitude for the vast
quantities OF which they destroyed the
Galitzyn property would have proved of ines
unable value 20 the starving and famine stricken
1noujiks in the adjacent provinces; while the
OF Galitzyn like the equally historic OF Trou-
eetzkoi. has always stood for popular rights and
liberties
The Gslitzyns descended from Guedrninus
Grand Duke Of Lthuania. IN the fourteenth century