Focal an Lae: Bean sí

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Bean sí (ban SHEE) is the Irish for a banshee.

The woman of the fairy mound, who keens for a death in certain families. English took her name whole, though it dropped the fada and most of the sorrow.

Other days

Dún, the day before · Caoineadh, the day after

A new Irish word every morning, 386 of them in the round, with the feast days of the Irish year keeping their own. Today’s word. More in the phrases, the names and the place names.