Your browser does not support Javascript or it has been turned off. Please enable JavaScript to be able to add items to your Cart and Checkout.

Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold

by Ailbhe Malone

Qty

€ 21.99 Save €3.01 (RRP €25.00)

ISBN: 9781408749357

In this spellbinding anthology, Ireland's most electrifying female writers breathe new life into ancient Irish myths, reclaiming the stories of women who have too long stood in the shadows of warriors and kings.

Editor and journalist Ailbhe Malone was raised on these legends - but the women, always cast as mothers, warriors or witches, were never given the lead. And so, Banshee was born: not just a retelling but a radical reclamation.

Banshee transports you to treacherous landscapes and salt-crashing seas, generational curses and mystical islands. Here you'll find unruly mothers, rule-breaking queens, and women outrunning their destiny - stories pulsing with desire, danger and defiance.

With contributions from every corner of Irish literature, Banshee features luminous re-tellings by Naoise Dolan, Megan Nolan, Jess Kidd, Wendy Erskine, Nikita Gill, Sarah Maria Griffin, Jane Casey, Anne Griffin, Sheila O'Flanagan, and Salma El-Wardany. This is a celebration of womanhood - and an homage to the ancient stories that still shape us.

320 pages.

Not Yet Published.

Printed on or after 26/02/26. Please note dispatch may take 5-10 days after publication date.
A separate order should be placed for this item. If you order this along with other items, your entire order will be held and despatched when complete.

Date of Publication: 26/02/2026

Cover of Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold - Ailbhe Malone - 9781408749357

12% offHardback

Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold also appears in these Categories:

Irish Interest

Cover of An Irish Word a Day

An Irish Word a Day

Hector O hEochagain

Cover of Listen to the Land Speak

Listen to the Land Speak

Cover of Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2023-2025

Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2023-2025

Trade Paperback

Cover of Gallivanting with Words: How the Irish Speak English

Gallivanting with Words: How the Irish Speak English

Cover of Brehons and Brahmins

Brehons and Brahmins

Cover of PS Gay: More letters and memories from The Gay Byrne Show

PS Gay: More letters and memories from The Gay Byrne Show

Cover of The Gaeilge Guide

The Gaeilge Guide

Trade Paperback

Cover of Old Ways to New Days: The Folklore, Traditions and Everyday Objects that Shaped Ireland

Old Ways to New Days: The Folklore, Traditions and Everyday Objects that Shaped Ireland

Cover of Focail Na mBan Women's Words

Focail Na mBan Women's Words

Cover of Teach Your Cat Irish

Teach Your Cat Irish

Cover of Ireland in Iceland

Ireland in Iceland

Cover of The Irish Words You Should Know

The Irish Words You Should Know

Hector Ó'Heochagáin

Cover of The Secret Life of Leinster House

The Secret Life of Leinster House

Cover of Remnants of Our Past

Remnants of Our Past

Deirdre O'Neill

Cover of Gaeilge i Mo Chroí - Irish In My Heart

Gaeilge i Mo Chroí - Irish In My Heart

Molly Nic Céile

Cover of Ireland's Curious Places

Ireland's Curious Places

Cover of Mythical Irish: Gods and Goddesses

Mythical Irish: Gods and Goddesses

Cover of Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Cover of Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland's Peatlands

Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland's Peatlands

Carsten Krieger

Cover of Celtic Mythology

Celtic Mythology

Pre-Orders

Cover of The Truth About Ruby Cooper

The Truth About Ruby Cooper

Trade Paperback

Cover of The News from Dublin

The News from Dublin

Trade Paperback

Cover of Second Chances

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Island Retreat

The Island Retreat

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Nowhere Girls

The Nowhere Girls

Carmel Harrington

Trade Paperback

Cover of In Glass Houses

In Glass Houses

Trade Paperback

Cover of Esther is Now Following You

Esther is Now Following You

Trade Paperback

Cover of Do You Read Me, the Rory & Donal Gallagher Story

Do You Read Me, the Rory & Donal Gallagher Story

Donal Gallagher

Cover of The Lies Between Us

The Lies Between Us

Trade Paperback

Cover of Sister Wake

Trade Paperback

Cover of Darkrooms

Rebecca Hannigan

Trade Paperback

Cover of A Rebel and a Traitor: A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA

A Rebel and a Traitor: A Fugitive, the Manhunt and the Birth of the IRA

Trade Paperback

Cover of Should I Be Worried?: A No-Panic Guide to Your Child's Health

Should I Be Worried?: A No-Panic Guide to Your Child's Health

Trade Paperback

Cover of Would you be Well?

Would you be Well?

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Place That Has Never Been Wounded

The Place That Has Never Been Wounded

Trade Paperback

Cover of Outsider: A Memoir of Survival, Family Secrets and the Search to Belong

Outsider: A Memoir of Survival, Family Secrets and the Search to Belong

Trade Paperback

Cover of Nothing Good Happens After 2AM

Nothing Good Happens After 2AM

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback

Cover of Secrets Between Friends

Secrets Between Friends

Sheila O'Flanagan

Trade Paperback

Cover of The Woman in the Water

The Woman in the Water

Henrietta McKervey

Trade Paperback