Ages 9-12
Complex tales exploring justice, courage, and wisdom. Ideal for developing critical thinking.
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Guleesh
Guleesh: There was once a boy in the County Mayo; Guleesh was his name. There was the finest rath a little way off from the gable of the house, and he was
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery
How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery: ormac, son of Art, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles, was high King of Ireland, and held his Court at Tara. One day he saw a
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Gold-Tree And Silver-Tree
Gold-Tree And Silver-Tree: Once upon a time there was a king who had a wife, whose name was Silver-tree, and a daughter, whose name was Gold-tree. On a certain
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Elidore
Elidore: the days of Henry Beauclerc of England there was a little lad named Elidore, who was being brought up to be a cleric. Day after day he would trudge
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Fair, Brown, And Trembling
Fair, Brown, And Trembling: King Hugh Curucha lived in Tir Conal, and he had three daughters, whose names were Fair, Brown, and Trembling. Fair and Brown had
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Dream of Owen O’Mulready
Dream of Owen O'Mulready: here was a man long ago living near Ballaghadereen named Owen O’Mulready, who was a workman for the gentleman of the place, and was a
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Connla And The Fairy Maiden
Connla And The Fairy Maiden: Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. One day as he stood by the side of his father on the height of
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Deirdre
Deirdre: _Celtic Magazine_, xiii. I have abridged somewhat, made the sons of Fergus all faithful instead of two traitors, and omitted an incident in the house
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Conall Yellowclaw
Conall Yellowclaw: was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons. There was at that time a king over every fifth of Erin. It fell out for the children of the
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Conal Yellowclaw
Conal Yellowclaw: Tales of West Highlands_, No. 105-8, “Conall Cra Bhuidhe.” I have softened the third episode, which is somewhat too ghastly in the original.
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Beth Gellert
A loyal dog saves a prince from a wolf but is killed by his master's hasty judgment. A lesson on patience.
Celtic Folk Tales
Ages 9-12
Brewery Of Eggshells
The classic Welsh changeling tale from Joseph Jacobs' Celtic Fairy Tales (1892), in which a young mother of Treneglwys uses the ancient eggshell-brew ruse, prescribed by the Wise Man of Llanidloes, to expose two fairy changelings and recover her stolen twins.