She does not cause deaths, she mourns for the dead (or, eerily, the soon-to-be-dead). This appears in the Darby O'Gill and the Little People DVD extra I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (originally a Walt Disney Presents or Wonderful World of Disney episode, telling viewers about the making of, and some of the folklore which inspired parts of, the movie Darby O'Gill and the Little People), in which the banshee is 'keening for the young O'Brien' and is in no way a pernicious or threatening character, but merely seen as a dark or sad omen because she appears before people die. The banshees in old Irish folklore were often presented as grieving women who were keening (weeping/mourning) for the dead. 'Banshee' (in Gaelic bean sidhe) originally meant 'woman of the fairies'.

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Featured as a villain in the short story by Samantha Stillman at the end of her book The Death Witch.

The Celtworld amusement park in Tramore, Ireland, featured an animatronic version of Balor.

BaLore Media is an UK-based podcast production company, founded in 2018, which has produced well-known podcasts such as Deep Roots and the StrongMan Broadcast.

Balor appears in the Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC Wrath of the Druids as an optional boss.

In the 2003 Game Boy Advance game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, an interpretation of Balor (spelled 'Balore' in game) is fought as a boss.

Balor, sometimes misspelled as Valar, appear as minor enemies in Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy XIV.

In a crossover comic between Batman and Wonder Woman, Balor is featured as an antagonist.

In WWE, professional wrestler Fergal Devitt is known as Finn Balor.

In the movie Hellboy: The Golden Army, the elven king is named Balor.

In Dungeons & Dragons, Balors are a kind of demon which serve as generals in fiendish armies.

In 1995 a video game titled Balor of the Evil Eye, featuring Balor as the central menace, was released for PC by Koei.

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