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Glenullen, Londonderry
Outside Garvagh is where a tyrannical 5th Century blood drinking warlord named Abhartach was finally killed by a rival for the throne, Cathrain. He was buried standing up and legend has it that he re-emerged two days later, scouring the area to drink the blood of his former subjects. Cathrain killed Abhartach again and buried him, but once again within two days he had risen. The Druids advised Cathrain that the only was to kill Abhartach was to spear him through the heart with a sword of yew wood. This was done and he was buried upside-down and never emerged again. The expression dreach shoula, meaning ‘bad blood’, was used to describe the event in later writings and this story is considered by many historians to be the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s vampire creation Dracula.

Today the believed site stands like an island in the middle of the field; a large stone with a thorn tree growing up the side. but belief is still strong amongst local people that the grave should not be disturbed.