The Death of the Sons of Tuireann
This is the first of the ‘Three Sorrows of Storytelling’. The main elements of this story were contained in a number of versions from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries, but there are some substantial differences in the detail. The themes in this version are shapeshifting, inter-clan strife, an honour-fine and retribution for a terrible deed […]
The Tragic Fate of the Children of Lir
The Tragic Fate of the Children of Lir This is a late 15th century creation and is the second of the ‘Three Sorrows of Storytelling’. It contains the themes of fosterage, a wicked stepmother, humans magicked into birds and centuries-long life ending in dust on return to human form.