Do you know this story from Ireland?
Oisín and Tír Na nÓg
Fionn Mac Cumhaill or Finn MacCool was the leader of Fianna a group of great protectors who guarded the High King of Ireland and each day Oisín and Fianna explored the beautiful green hills of Ireland as they hunted the
Oisín and Tír Na nÓg
Fionn Mac Cumhaill or Finn MacCool was the leader of Fianna a group of great protectors who guarded the High King of Ireland and each day Oisín and Fianna explored the beautiful green hills of Ireland as they hunted the
land.
One day Oisín and Fianna saw a beautiful white horse in the distance and on its back was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. Her hair was the color of the sun and she was surrounded by golden light. My name is Niamh said the golden-haired maiden, my father is the
One day Oisín and Fianna saw a beautiful white horse in the distance and on its back was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. Her hair was the color of the sun and she was surrounded by golden light. My name is Niamh said the golden-haired maiden, my father is the
King of Tír Na nÓg, a land that knows no pain and where no one ever grows old.
I have heard wonders of a great warrior named Oisín and I have come to take him to him. Oisín was smitten and agreed to return to the Land of Eternal Youth. Niamh and Oisín spent many happy times
I have heard wonders of a great warrior named Oisín and I have come to take him to him. Oisín was smitten and agreed to return to the Land of Eternal Youth. Niamh and Oisín spent many happy times
together, although in Oisín's heart she longed for her homeland, Ireland, and longed to see her father again.
Oisín asked Niamh to let him return to Ireland but she was reluctant. Although Oisín thought that only a few years had passed, it had in fact been 300 years back in
Oisín asked Niamh to let him return to Ireland but she was reluctant. Although Oisín thought that only a few years had passed, it had in fact been 300 years back in
Ireland since in the land of Tír Na nÓg, time slowed down. Eventually Niamh saw how much Oisín missed his family.
She agreed to let him return to Ireland to see them again. Take my magical white horse, she told him. Do not get off this horse, and do not let your feet touch the
She agreed to let him return to Ireland to see them again. Take my magical white horse, she told him. Do not get off this horse, and do not let your feet touch the
ground, or else you will never be able to return to Tír Na nÓg again. Oisín set off across the seas on Niamh’s white horse and arrived in Ireland.
When he got there, he could see that things had changed. The Fianna no longer hunted the hills and the grand castle that once
When he got there, he could see that things had changed. The Fianna no longer hunted the hills and the grand castle that once
housed his family was crumbling and covered in ivy.
As he was searching for someone familiar in the green hills Oisín came across some old men who were having difficulty trying to move a huge rock. He leaned down from his horse to help them but in doing so he lost his balance
As he was searching for someone familiar in the green hills Oisín came across some old men who were having difficulty trying to move a huge rock. He leaned down from his horse to help them but in doing so he lost his balance
and fell from the horse.
The moment Oisín touched Irish soil, he immediately aged the 300 years that he had missed in Ireland. An old frail man, he asked the men he had stopped about his father Finn MacCool, and they told him that Finn
The moment Oisín touched Irish soil, he immediately aged the 300 years that he had missed in Ireland. An old frail man, he asked the men he had stopped about his father Finn MacCool, and they told him that Finn
had died many years before. Broken-hearted and many hundreds of years old.
Oisín died soon after, but not before he shared the stories of Fianna, his father great Finn MacCool and the magical land of eternal youth that is Tír Na nÓg.
Oisín died soon after, but not before he shared the stories of Fianna, his father great Finn MacCool and the magical land of eternal youth that is Tír Na nÓg.
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