It includes the stories of 'The Children of Lir', 'Deirdre of the Sorrows', 'Setanta', 'The Salmon of Knowledge', 'Fionn and the Dragon', 'Oisin in Tir na n-Og'. Sensitively written, these stories can be read to or by children of every age. This book will also prove popular with adults, re-kindling magical stories from their own childhood. Other books by Yvonne Carroll Beginner's Irish Dictionary Irish Legends for Children Leprechaun Tales The Little Leprechaun Library The Very Little Leprechaun Tale.
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Yvonne Carroll teaches at a Dublin primary school.
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Six legends are brilliantly retold,
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This review is from: Irish Legends For Children (Hardcover)
Six legends are brilliantly retold by Yvonne Carroll and superbly illustrated by Lucy Su in Irish Legends For Children. Taken from The Red Branch Knights Cycle (An Ruraiocht) and The Fianna Cycle (An Fhiannaiocht), two principle cycles of Irish lore handed down from generation to generation, the stories selected include Children of Lir (a mystical twist on the traditional evil-stepmother fable); Deirdre of the Sorrows (a young woman seeks to change her destiny); Setanta (a young boy strives to become a member of the famous Red Branch Knights of Ulster); The Salmon of Knowledge (Fionn is a prince in hiding and needs help to return to his people); Fionn and the Dragon (the prince proves his bravery and assumes his rightful place as leader of the Fianna); and Oisin in Tir na n-Og (in a beautiful land of eternal youth Fionn years to return to his beloved Ireland). Irish Legends For Children will prove an enduringly popular addition to any family, school, or community library fairytale or folklore collection.
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My 6-year-old really responded to this book. While something fo a downer (that's Irish legends for you), it was modertaely well-illustrated, and the language was clear and concise enough for ease of reading aloud.
A good introduction to a surprisingly sparsely represented genre of folk tale.
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