An illustration of the 'Bunworth Banshee' in "Fairy Legends, and Traditions of the South of Ireland" by Thomas Crofton Croker, 1825 Public Domain ...

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of the ...

Bunworth Banshee, illustration by W.H. Brooke in Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker, ... From Snarled, a US take on the Irish Banshee legend.

Irish filmakers draw from chilling folktales of the Banshee, fae so notorious ahighway was built to divert around a famous fairy tree, and the ... Here are 7 Irish horror films you may not have ...

The Banshee is a mythical figure from Irish folklore that was said to be the sign of death in the family. The word derives from the Irish “Bean Sí” meaning “the fairy woman.” ...

This offering was rooted in a rawly emotional concept: he looked to Lee McQueen’s autumn/winter 1994 show “Banshee,” which opened with two pregnant women walking to the screams of Irish ...

Irish fairy tales were not sanitized like the Disney versions of the Grimm ones I'd grown up reading. Irish fae were capricious, ... But like the cry of the banshee, it called to me.

The name "Banshee" comes from the Irish word "bean sidhe," or "woman of the fairy mound." Banshees are often associated with graveyards, fairy rings, or ancient Irish ruins.

This “spirited” event will take place on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at The Banshee Irish Pub, located at 257 Franklin Street in Buffalo’s Theatre District.

According to Linda Raferty of Irish Jewelry Craft, the banshee is one of Ireland's most enduring and terrifying legends. The term banshee (bean sí) means 'woman of the fairy mound' or 'fairy woman'.