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The claim - and has no references. I'm removing it. Please provide a reference to restore it. Goldfritha 03:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC) My best freind is from a family that is visited by the Banshee(not to mention other paranormal phonomenon, such as poltergeist activity) just before a death, his Dad, and others claim to have seen it. On that note, are there any recorded accounts of Banshee sightings in Ireland and/or Scotland?
'The Banshee', by Patricia Lysaght, is a fairly recent & in depth study, worth getting hold of for those interested.
True or not, I have seen this referenced elsewhere, though I cannot provide a source at the moment. Bobkeyes 03:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
My mother's uncle heard the Banshee, and fortold someone was going to die. He died later that night. The banshee, fortells death, it doesnt mourn afterwards...-- Gothaur ( talk) 11:23, 24 December 2007 (UTC)-- 82.141.197.34 ( talk) 11:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
In my family, the O'Shea's of Limerick, the Banshee was heard by ONLY those who did not die. Her wail was just outside the window, my grandmother said. The wail would put your "hair on end". Those who could NOT hear the Banshee were dead by morning. The Banshee always came at night. One night, my grandmother, who was deathly ill, heard the Banshee, so her family was confused why it had come to their house as they huddled together afraid of the sound. The next morning, my grandmother's baby brother was dead in his crib. —Preceding
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207.250.78.1 (
talk) 18:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I concur with the statement above. An elderly relative of mine was in a house where all heard a high pitch wail. The only exception was a house guest who was amused by their superstitions. The next morning the family discovered the guest had passed away in the night. Tonykewinsagain ( talk) 15:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Ye fool, who mocks the banshee! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.121.172 ( talk) 15:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Sí is just the modern spelling of sídhe; they aren't two different words. Also, I've adapted the IPA transcription of caoineadh to conform with the system used at Irish phonology and to reflect both the southern pronunciation in [-ə] and the northern pronunciation in [-u:]. — An gr 08:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if this is correct, but MacBain's Gaelic Dictionary seems to say that while "sìth" does mean both "fairy" and "peace" in Scots Gaelic, the two meanings aren't really connected. It also lists "sídh" as the Irish equivilent for "fairy", but "síth" (or síoth) for "peace" [1]. As a child, I was taught that "Daoine Sídhe" meant "People of the Mounds". Daibhid C 20:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
The Trivia section contained this item:
I removed the word "being," but, upon reflection, I commented out the entire bullet item. I can't tell if this is a legitimate reference, vandalism, or an effort at being cute. Whoever put it in should cite a link or a reference to clarify it, and UNcomment it back in. As it stands, it's too ambiguous to provide anything but misinformation. rowley 18:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I object to the proposed deletion of the references in popular culture section. It is appropriate, and also appears in many other wikipedia entries, I don't understand why it is singled out of deletion. Bobkeyes 03:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Banshee is a very recognizable term to the video gaming community for its use in the Halo series of games. The fact that Halo vehicles didn't warrant a separate article doesn't have any bearing on whether we can give them mention in existing articles. See WP:NOTE, notability does not limit article contents. The rules we use to determine the necessity for a separate article are entirely different from those we use to decide on article content. I kept the changes made during the removal but re-inserted the specific mention of the Halo use. Equazcion •✗/ C • 00:37, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
While the summaries of other uses need sourcing (and they can be sourced from the relevant books), it would be undue weight to list trivia that shares nothing in common with this article but the name and screaming or wailing. The things you're trying to re-add are already listed at Banshee (disambiguation). May I suggest that page, and the pages of the video games and such, are a better place for the trivia. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦ ♫ 20:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Someone linked "bean ṡìṫ" to Bean niġe. Are they the same thing? Equazcion •✗/ C • 23:41, 8 Feb 2008 (UTC)
OK, all of the bizarre changes to the Gaelic and Old Irish, introduced by User:The Man in Question are wrong. Reverting them all. If something useful got lost in the meantime, please re-add it. There's a lot here to clean up. BTW, if someone who does not speak Gaelic wants to change the etymology or terminology here, do not do so unless and until you get consensus on the talk page from those who do speak Gaelic (or who at the minimum have at least a significant degree of Gaelic and good dictionaries and grammars at hand). *grumble* - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦ ♫ 01:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Bean just means woman. Bean sidhe = fairy woman. Bean nighe = washer woman. No other connection despite what it says here. filceolaire ( talk) 19:55, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Whenever I was hiding behing the kitchen chair because my grandmother warned me the Banshee was outside in the yard looking for me I pictured a screaming raven haired old woman in a black cloak, not a red haired naked young woman. I cant find a better image online, does anybody have alternative for the article. Ceoil ( talk) 10:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
In a similar vein, I don't want to cast aspersions, but this doesn't look to me like a 19th century image. It owes a dept to the pre-raphaelites, perhaps, but the style looks contemporary, like something from a graphic novel.
Prodes111 (
talk) 00:34, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm aware that what I'm about to say can't be added to the article unsourced, however: I have ties with a family who the banshee seems to "hereditary" in. One of them has claimed to seen it, which is strange in itself, because the person in question is in no way religious. He described it as having no eyes, or at least black spaces where there should be, and it had the appearance of an short, old woman, screaming. A family member died shortly after. I believe others in the family may have witnessed it before, but that is the only story I've been told from a primary source. 86.46.246.49 ( talk) 01:23, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Harry Potter referenced directly as modern fiction? Really? This must be a joke. A really bad one. I removed it. Reference to a fiction wiki, not to HP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.128.62 ( talk) 16:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I heard the story of the Banshee as a child, and was terrified when I saw one in the movie "Darby O'Gill and the little people". The story I heard was that the Banshee was an old woman who died of excessive mourning and returned to mourn the soon to be dead. On a pitch dark Irish night I heard one. It sounded like a woman screaming, but at the same time it did not sound quite human. It really sent a chill up my spine on that quite dark night. Anyway, nobody died (that I know of), but having researched the sound I am convinced it was a fox.
-- 128.222.37.58 ( talk) 19:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Oddly, this article didnt yet have an image, where there are 2 good images at the commons, and 1 image, just placed, which is of course gorgeous, but unfortunately i dont think its appropriate here. doesnt show her in her role as a banshee (appearing to someone and wailing at a pending death), and is a modern interpretation, which may as well be any image of a sufficiently scary beautiful woman. The image i removed is essentially a beautiful woman done up in a bansheelike manner. I have no doubt of the good intent of the editor (and of the image poster), but i removed it and replaced it with a 19th image. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 03:23, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I have no sources for the origin of this mythos, but a lot of fantasy literature uses the banshee as a screeching female spirit. The wail of the banshee itself is supposed to be so terrible that it can cause death. This doesn't seem to fit anywhere with the irish or "fair folk" mythos, so where does it come from. Usually the banshee is found in dark places or haunting old castles at night, a vengeful spirit of some kind that kills indiscriminately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.218.136.173 ( talk) 19:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I understand that "bean sí" means "she woman" (literally) but this article suggests it means "woman of the barrows". I think this needs some clarification or citation. TonyP ( talk) 10:36, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Ó or Mc/Mac prefix is a Celtic naming fashion, it doesn't specifically indicate "their name is native to Ireland, not descended from invaders". Mac or Mc can also be families descended from Scots, and thus "ïnvaders". In any case all Irish are descended from invaders, as all Irish arrived on the island from somewhere else. Royalcourtier ( talk) 02:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm afraid you've got that backward. Scots Mac/Mc families _are_ Irish, along with many others. It was the Irish who invaded Scotland, which is why it's still called that. ("Scotia" means Ireland, whose inhabitants were called by the Romans Scoti. Yes, it's confusing.)
The existence of the baobhan síth in Scottish folklore is another artefact of the Irish incursion, along with the Gaelic language itself. Laodah 08:21, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
User:Ceoil has made some recent changes but there's one in particular that I disagree with, although am willing to be proved wrong. I reverted the change of name of the article from Banshee to The Banshee as I do not think that there is only one banshee which the name change implies. He also changed mentions in the article to banshees to banshee so I have put a note in the edit summary inviting discussion here.
I can easily find many references to the plural banshees in a brief online search, including many in books. (And ignoring the Banshee aircraft and the singing group). Is there any reliable reference to there being only one banshee. It's news to me if there is, and I think there is a lot of references to the contrary. (As much as is possible with mythical creatures).
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions. --
Dmol (
talk) 10:22, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Sí is a tumulus (native English term: barrow). It's derived from the IE root that lead to the English word "seat" and refers to barrow-mounds. This is easy Old Irish. It does not mean "woman of the Aos sí" - that means "people of the sí". Her role as a terrible spirit of the dead also obviously links her to the barrows. Let's use the plain and actual meaning of the term, please, and stop inventing hippie Romantic reimaginings. Ogress 22:44, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Why are you claiming "romanticism"? This is skipping all that and all the fantasy stuff. You just deleted a direct quote from the source, and again added a word that is not in the source. Are you even reading the sources here? I still don't believe you are clicking on the link. The link is to the section about the mounds. Is your device not working? - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 18:48, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
I take your point about using English as much as possible in the lede. Can we both step back and have some tea? I am fine on using simply "mound." I share the same dislike of the twee English word, "fairy" as do the folk themselves in the sources. I just don't like "tumulus", and I would really rather we link to Irish sources whenever possible. We are definitely on the same page with wanting to keep New Age and Victorian stuff out of this. - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 19:21, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
While we never used to source the intros, I've been finding in recent years that it is often necessary, precisely because people often come and only read the intro and try to change it to something inaccurate. Sourcing is often the only way to stop that. - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 19:23, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
I noticed some recent edits ( 1, 2) by Roidhrigh which I have difficulty backing up, as they are not cited; However, since you are very active on Irish-language articles, I'm loathe to revert it if a citation could be easily provided!
Firstly, according to teannglann, the Munster pronounciation sounds (to me) to be almost identical to the Connaught pronunciation, so I don't understand why the ending is given as -nʲi, as opposed to -nʲə. Is there somewhere else that can be used to back up this IPA?
Also, you added in the term "baintsí" as an Old Irish root, but I can't find any mention of it on eDIL (or anywhere else). Considering it would be pronounced something along the lines of bˠanʲt'ʃiː, you'll forgive me for being suspicious. Do you have a source for it? Wasechun tashunka HOWL TRACK 20:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello all, I noticed that the "See also" section has a header suggesting some recommendations be removed as they are not entirely relevant to the article. After going through them, I'd like to propose removing the link to the "Lang Suir" page. The Lang Suir article does not have a cross-reference to this article (unlike the others in that section) and besides the fact that they're both female creatures, there are not many other tie-ins between them and banshees, either in their respective lore or culture of origin. Let me know your thoughts Scopes033 ( talk) 23:19, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
despite link, there is no wiki page titled Irish mythology in popular culture. searching the term Banshee on the wiki page titled Irish mythology produces no results. either a page needs to be restored or the see reference deleted. Baekemm ( talk) 16:25, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
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The claim - and has no references. I'm removing it. Please provide a reference to restore it. Goldfritha 03:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC) My best freind is from a family that is visited by the Banshee(not to mention other paranormal phonomenon, such as poltergeist activity) just before a death, his Dad, and others claim to have seen it. On that note, are there any recorded accounts of Banshee sightings in Ireland and/or Scotland?
'The Banshee', by Patricia Lysaght, is a fairly recent & in depth study, worth getting hold of for those interested.
True or not, I have seen this referenced elsewhere, though I cannot provide a source at the moment. Bobkeyes 03:16, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
My mother's uncle heard the Banshee, and fortold someone was going to die. He died later that night. The banshee, fortells death, it doesnt mourn afterwards...-- Gothaur ( talk) 11:23, 24 December 2007 (UTC)-- 82.141.197.34 ( talk) 11:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
In my family, the O'Shea's of Limerick, the Banshee was heard by ONLY those who did not die. Her wail was just outside the window, my grandmother said. The wail would put your "hair on end". Those who could NOT hear the Banshee were dead by morning. The Banshee always came at night. One night, my grandmother, who was deathly ill, heard the Banshee, so her family was confused why it had come to their house as they huddled together afraid of the sound. The next morning, my grandmother's baby brother was dead in his crib. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
207.250.78.1 (
talk) 18:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I concur with the statement above. An elderly relative of mine was in a house where all heard a high pitch wail. The only exception was a house guest who was amused by their superstitions. The next morning the family discovered the guest had passed away in the night. Tonykewinsagain ( talk) 15:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Ye fool, who mocks the banshee! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.121.172 ( talk) 15:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Sí is just the modern spelling of sídhe; they aren't two different words. Also, I've adapted the IPA transcription of caoineadh to conform with the system used at Irish phonology and to reflect both the southern pronunciation in [-ə] and the northern pronunciation in [-u:]. — An gr 08:18, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if this is correct, but MacBain's Gaelic Dictionary seems to say that while "sìth" does mean both "fairy" and "peace" in Scots Gaelic, the two meanings aren't really connected. It also lists "sídh" as the Irish equivilent for "fairy", but "síth" (or síoth) for "peace" [1]. As a child, I was taught that "Daoine Sídhe" meant "People of the Mounds". Daibhid C 20:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
The Trivia section contained this item:
I removed the word "being," but, upon reflection, I commented out the entire bullet item. I can't tell if this is a legitimate reference, vandalism, or an effort at being cute. Whoever put it in should cite a link or a reference to clarify it, and UNcomment it back in. As it stands, it's too ambiguous to provide anything but misinformation. rowley 18:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I object to the proposed deletion of the references in popular culture section. It is appropriate, and also appears in many other wikipedia entries, I don't understand why it is singled out of deletion. Bobkeyes 03:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Banshee is a very recognizable term to the video gaming community for its use in the Halo series of games. The fact that Halo vehicles didn't warrant a separate article doesn't have any bearing on whether we can give them mention in existing articles. See WP:NOTE, notability does not limit article contents. The rules we use to determine the necessity for a separate article are entirely different from those we use to decide on article content. I kept the changes made during the removal but re-inserted the specific mention of the Halo use. Equazcion •✗/ C • 00:37, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
While the summaries of other uses need sourcing (and they can be sourced from the relevant books), it would be undue weight to list trivia that shares nothing in common with this article but the name and screaming or wailing. The things you're trying to re-add are already listed at Banshee (disambiguation). May I suggest that page, and the pages of the video games and such, are a better place for the trivia. - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦ ♫ 20:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Someone linked "bean ṡìṫ" to Bean niġe. Are they the same thing? Equazcion •✗/ C • 23:41, 8 Feb 2008 (UTC)
OK, all of the bizarre changes to the Gaelic and Old Irish, introduced by User:The Man in Question are wrong. Reverting them all. If something useful got lost in the meantime, please re-add it. There's a lot here to clean up. BTW, if someone who does not speak Gaelic wants to change the etymology or terminology here, do not do so unless and until you get consensus on the talk page from those who do speak Gaelic (or who at the minimum have at least a significant degree of Gaelic and good dictionaries and grammars at hand). *grumble* - Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦ ♫ 01:26, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Bean just means woman. Bean sidhe = fairy woman. Bean nighe = washer woman. No other connection despite what it says here. filceolaire ( talk) 19:55, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
Whenever I was hiding behing the kitchen chair because my grandmother warned me the Banshee was outside in the yard looking for me I pictured a screaming raven haired old woman in a black cloak, not a red haired naked young woman. I cant find a better image online, does anybody have alternative for the article. Ceoil ( talk) 10:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
In a similar vein, I don't want to cast aspersions, but this doesn't look to me like a 19th century image. It owes a dept to the pre-raphaelites, perhaps, but the style looks contemporary, like something from a graphic novel.
Prodes111 (
talk) 00:34, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm aware that what I'm about to say can't be added to the article unsourced, however: I have ties with a family who the banshee seems to "hereditary" in. One of them has claimed to seen it, which is strange in itself, because the person in question is in no way religious. He described it as having no eyes, or at least black spaces where there should be, and it had the appearance of an short, old woman, screaming. A family member died shortly after. I believe others in the family may have witnessed it before, but that is the only story I've been told from a primary source. 86.46.246.49 ( talk) 01:23, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Harry Potter referenced directly as modern fiction? Really? This must be a joke. A really bad one. I removed it. Reference to a fiction wiki, not to HP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.128.62 ( talk) 16:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I heard the story of the Banshee as a child, and was terrified when I saw one in the movie "Darby O'Gill and the little people". The story I heard was that the Banshee was an old woman who died of excessive mourning and returned to mourn the soon to be dead. On a pitch dark Irish night I heard one. It sounded like a woman screaming, but at the same time it did not sound quite human. It really sent a chill up my spine on that quite dark night. Anyway, nobody died (that I know of), but having researched the sound I am convinced it was a fox.
-- 128.222.37.58 ( talk) 19:06, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Oddly, this article didnt yet have an image, where there are 2 good images at the commons, and 1 image, just placed, which is of course gorgeous, but unfortunately i dont think its appropriate here. doesnt show her in her role as a banshee (appearing to someone and wailing at a pending death), and is a modern interpretation, which may as well be any image of a sufficiently scary beautiful woman. The image i removed is essentially a beautiful woman done up in a bansheelike manner. I have no doubt of the good intent of the editor (and of the image poster), but i removed it and replaced it with a 19th image. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 03:23, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I have no sources for the origin of this mythos, but a lot of fantasy literature uses the banshee as a screeching female spirit. The wail of the banshee itself is supposed to be so terrible that it can cause death. This doesn't seem to fit anywhere with the irish or "fair folk" mythos, so where does it come from. Usually the banshee is found in dark places or haunting old castles at night, a vengeful spirit of some kind that kills indiscriminately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.218.136.173 ( talk) 19:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I understand that "bean sí" means "she woman" (literally) but this article suggests it means "woman of the barrows". I think this needs some clarification or citation. TonyP ( talk) 10:36, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Ó or Mc/Mac prefix is a Celtic naming fashion, it doesn't specifically indicate "their name is native to Ireland, not descended from invaders". Mac or Mc can also be families descended from Scots, and thus "ïnvaders". In any case all Irish are descended from invaders, as all Irish arrived on the island from somewhere else. Royalcourtier ( talk) 02:00, 9 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm afraid you've got that backward. Scots Mac/Mc families _are_ Irish, along with many others. It was the Irish who invaded Scotland, which is why it's still called that. ("Scotia" means Ireland, whose inhabitants were called by the Romans Scoti. Yes, it's confusing.)
The existence of the baobhan síth in Scottish folklore is another artefact of the Irish incursion, along with the Gaelic language itself. Laodah 08:21, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
User:Ceoil has made some recent changes but there's one in particular that I disagree with, although am willing to be proved wrong. I reverted the change of name of the article from Banshee to The Banshee as I do not think that there is only one banshee which the name change implies. He also changed mentions in the article to banshees to banshee so I have put a note in the edit summary inviting discussion here.
I can easily find many references to the plural banshees in a brief online search, including many in books. (And ignoring the Banshee aircraft and the singing group). Is there any reliable reference to there being only one banshee. It's news to me if there is, and I think there is a lot of references to the contrary. (As much as is possible with mythical creatures).
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions. --
Dmol (
talk) 10:22, 7 February 2016 (UTC)
Sí is a tumulus (native English term: barrow). It's derived from the IE root that lead to the English word "seat" and refers to barrow-mounds. This is easy Old Irish. It does not mean "woman of the Aos sí" - that means "people of the sí". Her role as a terrible spirit of the dead also obviously links her to the barrows. Let's use the plain and actual meaning of the term, please, and stop inventing hippie Romantic reimaginings. Ogress 22:44, 5 May 2016 (UTC)
Why are you claiming "romanticism"? This is skipping all that and all the fantasy stuff. You just deleted a direct quote from the source, and again added a word that is not in the source. Are you even reading the sources here? I still don't believe you are clicking on the link. The link is to the section about the mounds. Is your device not working? - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 18:48, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
I take your point about using English as much as possible in the lede. Can we both step back and have some tea? I am fine on using simply "mound." I share the same dislike of the twee English word, "fairy" as do the folk themselves in the sources. I just don't like "tumulus", and I would really rather we link to Irish sources whenever possible. We are definitely on the same page with wanting to keep New Age and Victorian stuff out of this. - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 19:21, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
While we never used to source the intros, I've been finding in recent years that it is often necessary, precisely because people often come and only read the intro and try to change it to something inaccurate. Sourcing is often the only way to stop that. - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 19:23, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
I noticed some recent edits ( 1, 2) by Roidhrigh which I have difficulty backing up, as they are not cited; However, since you are very active on Irish-language articles, I'm loathe to revert it if a citation could be easily provided!
Firstly, according to teannglann, the Munster pronounciation sounds (to me) to be almost identical to the Connaught pronunciation, so I don't understand why the ending is given as -nʲi, as opposed to -nʲə. Is there somewhere else that can be used to back up this IPA?
Also, you added in the term "baintsí" as an Old Irish root, but I can't find any mention of it on eDIL (or anywhere else). Considering it would be pronounced something along the lines of bˠanʲt'ʃiː, you'll forgive me for being suspicious. Do you have a source for it? Wasechun tashunka HOWL TRACK 20:17, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello all, I noticed that the "See also" section has a header suggesting some recommendations be removed as they are not entirely relevant to the article. After going through them, I'd like to propose removing the link to the "Lang Suir" page. The Lang Suir article does not have a cross-reference to this article (unlike the others in that section) and besides the fact that they're both female creatures, there are not many other tie-ins between them and banshees, either in their respective lore or culture of origin. Let me know your thoughts Scopes033 ( talk) 23:19, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
despite link, there is no wiki page titled Irish mythology in popular culture. searching the term Banshee on the wiki page titled Irish mythology produces no results. either a page needs to be restored or the see reference deleted. Baekemm ( talk) 16:25, 27 February 2023 (UTC)