The Banshees of Inisherin · written by Martin McDonagh · 2022

Mrs McCormick predicts one or two deaths before month’s end.

Scene 102 of 174 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Padraic
Mrs Mccormick

Act oneAct two

Begins 1:01 into a 1:35 film

The story so farBefore scene 102

In 1923 on Inisherin, Padraic tries to restore his friendship with Colm after Colm suddenly cuts him off, but Colm’s escalating demand for solitude draws their neighbors into a costly feud.

Scenes 1–14
Padraic inhabits an easy routine of animals, home, pub, and daily companionship with Colm.
Scenes 15–40
Colm’s rejection exposes Padraic’s dependence on the friendship and raises the possibility that his easy manner is part of the problem.
Scenes 41–50
Padraic asks the priest to put in a word; Colm then gives Padraic a concrete threat against further contact.
Scenes 51–79
Padraic navigates gossip, violence, loneliness, and attempted apologies while trying to understand Colm’s terms.
Scenes 80–91
Colm’s first missing finger makes his demand for silence undeniable; Siobhan returns the finger and asks what would end the feud.
Just before
Scene 99
Padraic lies to Declan about his father’s accident to send him away.
Scene 100
Peadar’s returning boat approaches through the mist; he notices something at the jetty.
Scene 101
Peadar threatens Padraic through Siobhan, who meets him with contempt.
Scene 102
This scene

102EXT. LANEWAY NEAR GRAVEYARD - NIGHT (DUSK?) 100 *

Walking the misty lane, PADRAIC sees MRS MCCORMICK distantly coming towards him, head stooped... so he ducks into a field behind a graveyard wall & hides there till her footsteps pass & get more and more distant.

He slowly peaks up above the wall... and is startled at the sight of her standing right there, staring at him.

PADRAIC

Oh hello there, Mrs McCormick! I was

just looking for me thing I dropped...

MCCORMICK has a faraway look in her eyes.

MRS MCCORMICK

A death shall come to Inisherin afore

the month is out.

PADRAIC

A death, hah?

MRS MCCORMICK

Maybe even two deaths.

PADRAIC

Two deaths, jeez. Well that’d be sad!

MCCORMICK nods and moves off into the fog again, speaking over her shoulder as she goes.

MRS MCCORMICK

We shall pray to the Lord ‘tis neither

you, nor poor Siobhan, will be either

of them.

PADRAIC

Well is that a nice thing to be saying?!

MRS MCCORMICK

I wasn’t trying to be nice, was I? I

was trying to be accurate.

She passes on, disappearing into the mist, and PADRAIC * continues on the other way, disconcerted.