In Ireland and parts of Scotland, a traditional part of mourning is the keening woman (bean chaointe), who wails a lament —in  ('weeping'), pronounced  in the Irish dialects of Munster and southern Galway,  in Connacht (except south Galway) and (particularly west) Ulster, and  in Ulster, particularly in the traditional dialects of north and east Ulster, including Louth.
In Ireland and parts of Scotland, a traditional mourning practice is the keening woman (bean chaointe), who wails a lament —in Irish dialects of Munster and southern Galway, Connacht (except south Galway) and particularly west Ulster, and in Ulster, particularly in the traditional dialects of north and east Ulster, including Louth.