Catalogue Page for Celtic Stories

Bess

The legend of Bess, the loyal dog from Linlithgow, Scotland, who helped to feed his master imprisoned on an Linlithgow Loch.

By Dorcas Wilson

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Celtic, Classic, Legend, Modern, Original, True Animals: Dog Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

Micheleen Emmett O’Shea

A young girl’s chance encounter with a leprechaun leads her to understanding that there are many things in life better than gold!

By Deirdre McCarthy, Jim McCarthy

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Folk Tale, Irish, Original, Poem Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

The Children of Lir

The legend of the four Children of Lir, turned into swans for nine centuries by their wicked stepmother.

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Folk Tale, Irish, Legend, Myth Animals: Swan Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

Fair, Brown and Trembling

The story of a beautiful younger sister who is always being left behind to cook and clean by her two jealous older sisters.

By Joseph Jacobs

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Irish, Legend Animals: Horse, Whale Reading time: 15 - 20 mins

Santa and the Leprechauns

Santa gets into a spot of bother over Ireland, but luckily the little green guys come to the rescue!

By Jim McCarthy

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Celtic, Christmas, Fairy Tale, Irish, Modern, Original, Poem Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

The Birthday Honours of the Fairy Queen

Nora is a bit gloomy, so she is is taken on a magical trip to meet the fairy queen to cheer her up.

By Hapgood Moore

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale, Irish Reading time: 05 - 10 mins, 10 - 15 mins

The Greedy Brownie

A brownie tricks two naughty girls who try to steal the farmer’s cream.

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

Connla of the Golden Hair and the Fairy Maiden

A ghostly fairy approaches Connla of the Golden Hair and tries to lure him away to to a land where nobody ever grows old.

By Patrick Weston Joyce

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale, Irish Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary

Two farmers plot and scheme to get rid of their poor neighbour so they can have his land. Unfortunately for them, he is quite a bit smarter than they are.

By Joseph Jacobs

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale, Irish Reading time: 10 - 15 mins

The Haughty Princess

A snobby princess looks down on all the suitors that want to marry her. Her father, the King, gets fed up and sends her off with the the first vagabond that wanders by and she starts to regret her fussiness.

By Patrick Kennedy

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

King O’Toole and his Goose

King O’Toole is sad that his goose is getting old, so when an old gypsy makes him an offer to rejuvenate it, he cannot refuse.

By Joseph Jacobs

Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Classic, Folk Tale, Irish Animals: Goose Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

The Rescue of Fairy Queen Maeve

Can the two brave leprechauns rescue Queen Maeve from the wicked Banshee who has captured her?

By Deirdre McCarthy

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Celtic, Fairy Tale, Illustrated, Irish, Original, Poem, Video Reading time: 05 - 10 mins