Enlight Three hermit monks In those distant times, when there were many hermits in Ireland, three holy monks, turning away from the bustle of worldly and empty chatter, decided to leave the world to find peace, divine silence a... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Master and servant Billy Mac Daniel, probably, was once young and showed promise: he danced dashingly at a holy holiday, could easily drink a pint or two, knew how to deftly work with a baton. He was afraid of only one ... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Rory will save Ireland! Who is the hero who won the freedom that all three parts of Ireland had been waiting for? I'll tell you. My Uncle Donal often told me, as his grandfather had told him more than once, that when Limeric... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Seven grains of wheat In the stories that we listened to in the evenings, gathered around the burning peat, there was always something new and instructive for us children. Once upon a time, and it was a long time ago, ther... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Smart wife Throughout the whole history of Ireland - long, stormy and amazing - there was, I think, no woman equal in intelligence to the wife of Gob-an-Shor, except, perhaps, one, whose name was Saw, the wife o... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Dark Patrick and the Crow Lord Kromachi The King of Connacht was a good king, but he had three dissolute sons who one day brought great disaster upon him. And it all turned out because they played a cruel joke with a very dangerous person -... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight The Poet Shonahan and the Cat King In ancient times, poets in Ireland (they were called bards) enjoyed great honor and respect. After all, the poet in his song could praise or ridicule anyone - be he a shepherd or a king. And honor and... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight How they managed to outwit Raftery himself I have already told you about the law of hospitality in the old days. In a time long past—and it was indeed a long time ago—when the famous joker Raftery held all Connacht in awe, it took a woman's ex... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight History of the cap In the valley of Aherlow, at the foot of the gloomy Galtic Mountains, lived a crippled poor man with a large hump on his back. He was short, weak, and did not have the strength to work in the field. T... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Souls in cages Jack Dougherty lived in County Clare, right on the seashore. Jack was a fisherman, like his father and grandfather. Like them, he lived completely alone, apart from his wife, and always in one place. ... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Knockgraton Legend In the fertile valley of Eherlow, at the very foot of the gloomy Galtian Mountains, there once lived a poor man. He had such a huge hump on his back that it seemed as if another person had been placed... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight King of the Birds You know that the wren is a vile bird - worse, much worse even than a bat - that he is simply a notorious deceiver, and therefore there is nothing to be surprised that we hunt for him and catch him. D... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
