The Dullahan is a headless rider of Irish folklore, depicted on a black horse or as a coachman, carrying his own head in his hand or under his arm. By a number of modern accounts he wields a whip made from a human spine.
He is also called Colainn Gan Cheann, meaning "without a head" in Irish. He arrives at the doorstep of one whose death is approaching, and rumour holds that golden objects can force him to disappear.