"A seancha\u00ED ([\u02C8\u0283an\u032A\u02E0\u0259xi\u02D0] or [\u0283an\u032A\u02E0\u0259\u02C8xi\u02D0] - plural: seanchaithe [\u02C8\u0283an\u032A\u02E0\u0259x\u026Ah\u026A]) is a traditional Irish storyteller/historian. A commonly encountered English spelling of the Irish word is shanachie.The word seancha\u00ED, which was spelled seanchaidhe (plural seanchaidhthe) before the Irish-language spelling reform of 1948, means a bearer of \"old lore\" (seanchas)."@en .