60: The Banshees of Inisherin/Another Three Things

Gareth Higgins on THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Ever since I first saw The Banshees of Inisherin, I’ve been waiting for someone else to point out the joke (and the grace note) in the title. The banshees are an obvious presence - in Irish folklore a banshee is a female spirit who announces the impending death of a community member, and that’s literally presen…