Eileen Leahy

Name	Eileen Leahy
Actor	Shoshannah Stern
Dates	1985 (born)
Location
Occupation	Hunter
Episode(s)	11.11 Into the Mystic

History

Eileen Leahy is an Irish-born hunter. Thirty years ago her father was killed by a banshee and her mother sacrificed herself to protect Eileen by performing a spell that sent the banshee away. A hunter named Lillian O'Grady found the infant Eileen in her crib with her ears bleeding, having gone deaf from the banshee's piercing scream. Lillian raised and trained Eileen to be a hunter, while also attempting to track down the banshee that killed Eileen's parents. Lillian would die of cancer when Eileen was 16 years old, leaving her on her own to hunt down the banshee and get her revenge.

Eileen's maternal grandfather, Edward Durban II, was inducted into the Men of Letters on September 12, 1939, making Eileen a legacy.

Episodes

11.11 Into the Mystic

1985
In County Cork, Ireland, Eileen's father Padraic is attacked and killed by a banshee. To protect the infant Eileen, Eileen's mother Maura performs a spell that banishes the creature. However as Eileen is deaf, she wasn't affected by the banshee's scream.

2016
Having learned of a recent banshee kill, Eileen goes undercover as a housekeeper at Oak Park Retirement Living in Oak Park, Kansas. There she crosses paths with Sam Winchester. Misreading his and Dean's lips, she assumes him to be a banshee that has learned to blend in. She traps Sam with a Celtic spell in the laundry room, but Sam is able to convince her that he and Dean are both hunters, looking for the same banshee that she is. Together, the three formulate a plan to trap and kill the creature, using Mildred Baker as bait, in a room that has been adorned with Celtic spell sigils. The banshee appears and goes after Dean. When Eileen attempts to kill it, she is flung across the room into some shelves. After Sam is incapacitated as well, Eileen signs to Mildred to activate the sigil, which sends the banshee into a wall. Eileen quickly grabs a gold blade and rushes the trapped banshee, stabbing it in the midsection, causing it to explode into black smoke and dissipate.

Once the case is finished, Sam asks Eileen how her revenge felt and what she plans to do now. She tells him it was just another kill and that hunting is her life. He tells her to call if she ever needs anything, or even to just hang out. Eileen and Mildred see Sam and Dean off as they ride away in the Impala.