Dullaghan

See also: dullaghan

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ləˌhɑːn/, /ˈdʌl.ə.hæn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

Dullaghan (plural Dullaghans)

1. Alternative form of dullahan
   • 1869, The Athenaeum, page 238:

     Ballindolaghan, in the parish of Baslick, Roscommon, must be a horrible place to live in, if the Dullaghan that gave it the name ever shows himself now to the inhabitants. Every one knows that a ghost without a head is [horrible].

   • 1897, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, page 250:

     There is another gruesome spirit, of the hobgoblin species, who is generally seen without his head—in fact, it is doubtful if the Dullaghan has ever been observed with his cranium properly placed on his body, as be generally carries it ...

   • 1958, Leonard Alfred George Strong, Light Above the Lake:

     "And, maybe, too, against the Dullaghan." Light broke. This was the local name for the ghost of a suicide who might anticipate the grave's rightful tenant. No Dullaghan was supposed to dare the daylight, but on a stormy winter's afternoon, […]

Proper noun

Dullaghan

1. A surname from Irish.