Catalogue Page for Irish Stories
Nell and Gé Geal
Little Nell is kidnapped and forced to work as a slave. However she makes a friend, a goose, who is not silly but helps Nell to escape!
By Martin Gleeson
Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Folk Tale, Irish, Original Animals: Goose Reading time: 05 - 10 minsTrickery
A spooky story set in Connemara, Ireland, about a very scary visit to the house of Grandmother’s neighbour.
By Aisling Noonan
Age range: 9 to12, Teen Tags: Ghost Story, Halloween, Irish, Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 minsMikaleen and the Stone Soup
In this new version of a classic tale, Mikaleen the travelling man tricks a mean couple into thinking a simple stone can make delicious soup.
By Martin Gleeson
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale, Funny, Illustrated, Instructional, Irish, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 minsMicheleen 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
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 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 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.
