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SUMMARY:The Banshee in Irish Folklore: Folklore\, history\, gender and beli
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LOCATION:21 Soho
DESCRIPTION:Uncover Ireland’s legendary death messenger\, the Banshee and
  her link to grief\, folklore and the lives of women in Irish history. Wit
 h Q&A.\n\nThe Banshee\, or Bean Sídhe\, has haunted Irish folklore for ce
 nturies\, warning of death through her eerie cry. But who is she actually?
  A fairy\, a ghost or a surviving echo of Ireland’s pre-Christian past? 
 Many believe the Banshee comes from older Irish beliefs about the spirit w
 orld\, especially stories of powerful supernatural women that existed in I
 reland before Christianity. She also reflects something deeper: what Irish
  society expected of women\, and how those expectations changed over time.
 \n\nIn this talk\, historian Dr Gillian Kenny traces the Banshee from medi
 eval sources through to twentieth-century family memory. We’ll dive into
  details such as why she was believed to follow certain Irish families or 
 why she so often appears combing her hair. We’ll also look at how her cr
 y connects to ‘keening’\, an old Irish mourning tradition where women 
 sang laments for the dead at funerals. Blending folklore\, history\, gende
 r\, and belief\, you will walk away with a richer understanding of how Ire
 land imagined the supernatural\, mourned its dead\, and remembered the wom
 en who stood at the edge of both.\n\nDoors open at 7pm\, talk starts at 7:
 30pm - come down early to grab a good seat!\n\nFollow us on IG @seedtalks
 \n\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nDr Gillian Kenny is a historian of medieval and early 
 modern Ireland whose work focuses on women\, magic\, and folklore.\n\nBole
 tos: https://dice.fm/event/eo6nqo-the-banshee-in-irish-folklore-folklore-h
 istory-gender-and-belief-20th-oct-21-soho-london-tickets
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