Catalogue Page for Celtic Stories
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 minsFair, 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 minsSanta 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 minsThe 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 minsConnla 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 minsHudden 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 minsThe 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 minsKing 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.