Saoirse | |||
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Naming | |||
Others | N/A | ||
Personal information | |||
Species | Human/Selkie hybrid | ||
Gender | Female | ||
Date of birth | 30 October 1981 | ||
Place of origin | Ireland | ||
Age | 6 | ||
Relations | Conor (father) Bronagh (mother) Ben (older brother) Conor's mother (grandmother) Conor’s Father (Grandfather) | ||
Current status | Alive | ||
Biology | |||
Body type | Humanoid | ||
Sentience | Sentient | ||
Sapience | Sapient | ||
Behind the scenes | |||
Universe | Song of the Sea | ||
Created by | Tomm Moore | ||
Designed by | Barry Reynolds | ||
Performed by | Lucy O'Connell |
Saoirse is one of the main protagonists of the 2014 Irish animated film, Song of the Sea.
Overview[]
In 1981, Saoirse's mother Bronagh became ill while pregnant and ran into the ocean to save and give birth to her daughter. Saoirse washed ashore and Conor, Saoirse's father, could only introduce her to Ben after Ben asked about their absent mother. Since she was born, Saoirse never learned to speak, especially on her sixth birthday. Saoirse looked up to her brother and often tried to get his attention but Ben would just push or scare her away if she came near him and got annoyed at her very easily. It didn't help that Conor paid more attention to Saoirse to the point of ignoring Ben. Saoirse and her brother did have some common ground in that they loved their pet dog Cu and didn't like their fussy grandmother. Saoirse has always been curious about the seals in the ocean and the sea itself.
Saoirse first appears on her 6th birthday, looking over Ben's shoulder as he makes sketches in their mother's scrapbook, her heavy breathing alerting Ben to her presence. Ben pushes Saoirse away and gets annoyed further when Saoirse is drawn to the ocean and their dog Cu goes after her, pulling Ben into the water. Ben tries to snitch on Saoirse to their father but Conor won't listen.
Appearance[]

Saoirse as a seal.
Saoirse is a six-year-old girl with black chin-length hair that's swayed to the left side and black eyes. She wears a burgundy cardigan with a pink button atop of a coral coloured dress and yellow rubber boots. Her selkie coat is snow white and has a hood and thus turns her into a white seal-pup. She has also been seen in a long crepe pink nightgown with a white collar. On her birthday she wore a hot pink long sleeved dress with a pale pink collar that has lace and a red waistband and a bow in the same colour and red Mary Janes with white tights at the insistence of her grandmother. At the end of the movie, she wore a greyish-pink tank top over her coral dress she also looks older.
Saoirse's hair turns white as she becomes ill from the effects of being away from the ocean and her selkie-coat, at first only a streak of her hair turns white but then her hair in its entirety gradually turns grey and then white.