The Irish Merrow answers exactly to the English Mermaid. It is also used to express a sea-monster, like the Armorick and Cornish Morhuch, to which it evidently bears analogy.
The romantic historians of Ireland describe the Suire as playing round the ships of the Milesians when on their passage to that Island.
THE DULLAHAN.
“Then wonder not at headless folk,
Since every day you greet ’em;
Nor treat old stories as a joke,
When fools you daily meet ’em.”
—The Legendary.
“Says the friar, ’tis strange headless horses should trot.”
Old Song.