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
Enlight Builder Gob Here's an old story about Gob the Builder. When the great Gob-an-Shor, the most skilled builder that ancient Ireland knew, and also the smartest man in all of Ireland, with the exception, however, of ... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Fairy of the stream and the spindle One widow had two daughters; one of them was pretty and diligent, the other was ugly and lazy. But she loved the bad one more, because she was her own daughter, than the beautiful stepdaughter, who di... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Scientist Fiorgal When I read now of the remarkable scholars who astonish all mankind, I am saved from a feeling of awe by turning to the memory of a cherished place by the fireplace in the house of Tuathal O Slitheen ... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight The poet Rumann and the Danes When the Danes captured Dublin in the eighth century, the poet Rumann - the Irish Virgil - went to this city to pay off the newcomers in his own way. He composed a poem about the invaders and, as a re... Fairy Tales Irish Fairy Tales Enlight
