• The Cry of the Banshee

  • Oct 31 2021
  • Length: 28 mins
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The Cry of the Banshee

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  • The Banshee is one of Ireland’s most famous folkloric figures. A supernatural woman with a cry that foretells of death and devastation to those who hear it, stories about banshees have been terrifying listeners for hundreds of years. But has she always been this way?

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    Sources and Further Reading

    • A Folklore Survey of County Clare by Thomas Johnson Westropp
    • The Triumphs of Turlough translated by Standish Hayes O'Grady
    • The Hostel of Da Choca translated by Whitley Stokes
    • Annals of Loch Cé
    • The Memoirs of Lady Ann Fanshawe
    • Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Sir Jonah Barrington
    • Keening Tradition
    • "The Irish Funeral Cry" in The Dublin Penny Journal
    • O'Brien's Irish-English Dictionary

    Music

    • The Butterfly – Sláinte
    • Return Home - Moorland Songs
    • The White Birch - Moorland Songs
    • Mountain Solitude - Moorland Songs

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