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print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/The_Children_of_Llyr" title="The Children of Llyr">The Children of Llyr</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Duncan_(1924)_Children_of_Lir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/John_Duncan_%281924%29_Children_of_Lir.jpg/220px-John_Duncan_%281924%29_Children_of_Lir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/John_Duncan_%281924%29_Children_of_Lir.jpg/330px-John_Duncan_%281924%29_Children_of_Lir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/John_Duncan_%281924%29_Children_of_Lir.jpg/440px-John_Duncan_%281924%29_Children_of_Lir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1839" data-file-height="1857" /></a><figcaption><i>The Children of Lir</i> (1914) by <a href="/wiki/John_Duncan_(painter)" title="John Duncan (painter)">John Duncan</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><b>Children of Lir</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Oidheadh chloinne Lir</i>) is a legend from <a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish mythology</a>. It is a tale from the post-Christianisation period that mixes magical elements such as druidic wands and spells with a Christian message of Christian faith bringing freedom from suffering. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naming_and_manuscripts">Naming and manuscripts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Naming and manuscripts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Named in Irish as <i>Oidheadh Chlainne Lir</i>, the tale is today often known simply as "The Children of Lir" but the title has also been rendered as <i>The Tragic Story of the Children of Lir</i> or <i>The Fate of the Children of Lir</i>, or, from the earlier title <i>Aided Chlainne Lir</i>, as <i>The Violent Death of the Children of Lir</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entry_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir''_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entry_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir''-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English translation should properly be "The Children of Lear", Lir being a genitive, but the mistranslation has become culturally embedded. </p><p>In post 18th-century scholarship, the tale has often been grouped with the <i>Oidheadh chloinne Uisnigh</i> ("The Fate of the Children of Uisnigh") and <i>Oidheadh chloinne Tuireann</i> ("The Fate of the Children of Tuireann") as the <i>Trí truagha na sgéalaigheachta</i>, i.e. "The three sorrows of storytelling", also known as "The Three Sorrowful Tales of Erin".<sup id="cite_ref-van1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-van1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entries_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir'',_''Trí_Truagha_na_Sgéalaigheachta''_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entries_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir'',_''Trí_Truagha_na_Sgéalaigheachta''-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholar and folklorist <a href="/wiki/Robin_Flower" title="Robin Flower">Robin Flower</a> has suggested that all three tales may have had a common author sometime in the 14th century, by someone in the circle of the <a href="/wiki/Mac_Fhirbhisigh" title="Mac Fhirbhisigh">Mac Fhirbhisighs</a> in north-west <a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBreatnach19991_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBreatnach19991-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These three tales have been collated and translated from the Irish language into English.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Manuscripts containing early versions of the tales include MS 72.1.38 and MS 72.2.6 at the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland" title="National Library of Scotland">National Library of Scotland</a>, MS Egerton 164 at the <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>, and MS 24 A 13, and MS E vi 4 at the library of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Academy" title="Royal Irish Academy">Royal Irish Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-van1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-van1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ler_swans_Millar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ler_swans_Millar.jpg/170px-Ler_swans_Millar.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ler_swans_Millar.jpg/255px-Ler_swans_Millar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ler_swans_Millar.jpg/340px-Ler_swans_Millar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><i>Lêr and the Swans</i> by <a href="/wiki/H._R._Millar" title="H. R. Millar">H.R. Millar</a>'s (1905)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Children of Lir is located in island of Ireland"><img alt="Children of Lir is located in island of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png/240px-Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png/360px-Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png/480px-Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="1807" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:31.818%;left:14.833%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Iorrus Domnann and Inis Gluairé"><img alt="Iorrus Domnann and Inis Gluairé" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/Erris" title="Erris">Iorrus Domnann and Inis Gluairé</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.091%;left:60.5%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Loch Dairbhreach"><img alt="Loch Dairbhreach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white"><a href="/wiki/Lough_Derravaragh" title="Lough Derravaragh">Loch Dairbhreach</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:8.182%;left:85%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sruth na Maoilé"><img alt="Sruth na Maoilé" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">Sruth na Maoilé</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Island_of_Ireland_relief_location_map.png" title="File:Island of Ireland relief location map.png">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of the three places of exile of the Children of Lir</div></div></div> <dl><dd><i>Based on (<a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>); a point summary is given in <a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>, pp. xv–xvi Numerals refer to those in the point summary and in Duffy's text itself.</i></dd></dl> <p>The legendary historical setting of the story is the end of the dominion of the <a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a> in Ireland, and the corresponding rise of the <a href="/wiki/Milesians_(Irish)" title="Milesians (Irish)">Milesians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDuffy1883vii_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDuffy1883vii-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>[2-9] <a href="/wiki/Bodb_Derg" title="Bodb Derg">Bodb Derg</a> was elected king of the <a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a>, to the annoyance of Lir, who felt that he himself should have been chosen; Lir did not swear obedience to the new King, to the annoyance of those who had elected him, causing strife, though Bodb sought to appease them. After some time Lir's wife died—to appease Lir, Bodb gave one of his daughters, Aoibh, to him in marriage. Lir agreed that he would yield the lordship, and form an alliance—ending the strife. </p><p>[10-13] Aoibh bore Lir four children: one girl, <a href="/wiki/Fionnuala" title="Fionnuala">Fionnghuala</a>, and three sons, <a href="/wiki/Aed_(god)" title="Aed (god)">Aodh</a> and twins, Fiacra and Conn. After the birth of the twins, Aoibh died, causing great grief to Lir, though he was bolstered by his love for the four children. Bodb then sent another of his daughters, Aoife, to marry Lir, which he accepted happily. The children were a joy both to Lir and to Bodb. </p><p>[14-18] After a short while, Aoife became jealous of the affection given to the four stepchildren, and she feigned illness for around a year. One day, she set out in her chariot with the four children, with design to kill them, and called her entourage to slay them, stating that because of them she had lost Lir's love, and promising them rich rewards. However, they would not help, so she drew a sword, but was not able to follow through with the act. Next she took them to Loch Dairbhreach and made them bathe, but once in the water, she cast a spell of metamorphosis in order to transform them into four white swans. </p><p>[19-23] Fionnghuala rebuked her, stating that her magic power was not as great as that of their friends to undo the spell, and warned her of the revenge she would face—she asked her to set a limit on the time of the spell. She set a period of three hundred years as a swan on <i>Loch Dairbhreach</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> three hundred more on <i>Sruth na Maoilé</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three hundred at <i>Iorrus Domnann</i> and <i>Inis Gluairé</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also foretold that by expiration of the period of the spell, Lairgenn (the great-grandson of the King of Connacht), and Deoch (the great-granddaughter of the King of Munster) would be wed. Aoife relented a little and allowed the children to retain the power of speech, stating they would sing plaintive songs without equal, and that they would not be distressed by being in the forms of birds. Aoife then returned to Bodb's court—when he asked why the children were not with her, she claimed that Lir did not trust him with them, but Bodb was suspicious and sent messengers to Lir. </p><p>[24-32] On receiving the messenger, Lir became sad, realising that Aoife had done some harmful act. He then set out, and at the shores of <i>Loch Dairbhreach</i>, he encountered the swans singing with human voices. They told him of Aoife's evil act, and Lir and his people lamented, though that night they stayed and listened to the swans' song. Lir reached Bodb, and told him of Aoife's treachery. Bodb cursed her, saying her suffering would be greater than the children's, and asked what the worst form of being was that she could imagine—Aoife stated a Demon of the air was the worst, and on this Bodh struck her with a druid's wand, metamorphosing her into such a demon, so she flew off and remained that way. </p><p>[33-45] Bodb and the people of the De Danann went to Loch Dairbhreach and listened to the swans' singing. Milesians came too, and the music calmed and delighted all who heard it. After three hundred years the time came for the swans to go north to the cold Sruth na Maoilé. At this time it was proclaimed that no swan should be killed in Erin. At the Maoilé a cruel storm separated them, and though they eventually reunited their time there was wretched, with extremes of cold and weather to contend with, but they could not leave, as it was their lot to stay in the waters there. </p><p>[46-52] Eventually the swans came across a company of the De Danann and of the Milesians who had been seeking them, led by Aodh and Fergus sons of Bodb—near the mouth of the Banna.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The swans enquired and received good news about the De Danann, Lir, and Bodb. After the allotted time the swans then left for Iorrus Domhnann. There they encountered a young man who took an account of their adventures. </p><p>[53-55] One night at Iorrus, the cold and weather became so intense that the waters froze, and the swans' feet froze to the ice. Because of their suffering they pleaded to the "King of Heaven" to ease the plight of birds, and having and professing faith in a "true God, perfect, truly intelligent" their pleading was heard, and from then they were protected from storms and bad weather. Eventually the time allotted to Iorrus Domhnann passed and they decided to go to <i>Sioth Fionnachaidh</i>, where Lir lived. </p><p>[56-61] However once there, they found it deserted, derelict, and overgrown. The next day they set off for <i>Inis Gluairé</i>—there many birds congregated around them at the lake. Eventually Saint Patrick and Christianity came to Ireland, and one day the holy man <i>Mochaomhóg</i> arrived at <i>Inis Gluairé</i>—the swans heard him ringing a bell calling matins, and became frightened at the sound. However Fionnghuala declared the sound of the bell would liberate them from the curse of the spell, and so they listened to it. When it finished they sang a song. The holy man heard their song, and discovered that it was swans that sang it. Speaking to them he asked if they were the Children of Lir, stating that he had travelled to that place for their sake. </p><p>[62-66] The swans put their trust in the holy man, and allowed him to bind them with silver chains. The birds felt no fatigue or distress in their situation in the company of the monk. Eventually the account of the swans reached Deoch, the wife of Lairgnen, the King of Connacht—she asked him to get the swans for her. He sent messengers immediately but the monk Mochaomhóg refused, making Lairgnen angry. He went to Mochaimhóg himself, and attempted to grasp the swans, but on his touch the swans' feathers fell off revealing three very old men, and an old woman, all lean, and very bony. On this Lairgnen left. </p><p>[67-70] Fionnghuala asked the monk to baptise them and to bury each, stating she sensed they were close to death. They were baptised, then died, and were buried. Mochaomhóg was sad for them. That was the fate of the children of Lir. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Analysis">Analysis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Folklorists have supposed a connection between the Irish tale <i>The Children of Lir</i> and tale type ATU 451, "The Maiden who Seeks her Brothers", of the international <a href="/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index">Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations_in_other_media">Adaptations in other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adaptations in other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Children_of_Lir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Children_of_Lir.jpg/170px-Children_of_Lir.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Children_of_Lir.jpg/255px-Children_of_Lir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Children_of_Lir.jpg/340px-Children_of_Lir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>A sculpture of the Children of Lir at <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Remembrance_(Dublin)" title="Garden of Remembrance (Dublin)">The Garden of Remembrance</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle,_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle%2C_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg/220px-Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle%2C_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle%2C_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg/330px-Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle%2C_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle%2C_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg/440px-Children_of_Lir_sculpture_Ballycastle%2C_County_Antrim_2017-07-29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>A 2011 sculpture of the Children of Lir in <a href="/wiki/Ballycastle,_County_Antrim" title="Ballycastle, County Antrim">Ballycastle, County Antrim</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_(1944_proposal).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_%281944_proposal%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_%281944_proposal%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_%281944_proposal%29.svg/330px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_%281944_proposal%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_%281944_proposal%29.svg/440px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Ireland_%281944_proposal%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_to_the_President_(Ireland)#Impact_of_McDunphy" title="Secretary-General to the President (Ireland)">Michael McDunphy</a>'s proposed design for the flag of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">president of Ireland</a> from 1944, featuring the Children of Lir.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_music">Classical music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Classical music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The song <i>Silent O Moyle, Be The Roar of Thy Water</i> (the song of Fionnuala) from <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Moore" title="Thomas Moore">Thomas Moore</a>'s <i>Irish Melodies</i>, tells the story of the children of Lir.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Irish composer <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Molyneux_Palmer" title="Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer">Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer</a> (1882–1957) based his opera <i>Srúth na Maoile</i> (1923) on the legend of the children of Lir.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Irish composer <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Harty" title="Hamilton Harty">Hamilton Harty</a> (1879–1941) wrote the orchestral tone poem <i>The Children of Lir</i> (1938).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Irish composer Redmond Friel (1907-1979) wrote the music for <a href="/wiki/Joan_Denise_Moriarty" title="Joan Denise Moriarty">Joan Denise Moriarty</a>'s ballet <i>The Children of Lír</i>, which was performed by the Cork Ballet Company, accompanied by the Cork Symphony Orchestra under <a href="/wiki/Aloys_Fleischmann" title="Aloys Fleischmann">Aloys Fleischmann</a>, during the Ballet Week of May 1950 in the Cork Opera House<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Irish composer <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Lamb_(trombonist)" title="Bobby Lamb (trombonist)">Robert Lamb</a> (born 1931) wrote <i>The Children of Lir</i> (1970), a suite for orchestra, with narrator.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Irish composer <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cassidy_(composer)" title="Patrick Cassidy (composer)">Patrick Cassidy</a> (born 1956) wrote <i>The Children of Lir</i> (1991), an oratorio with libretto in the Irish language.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_music">Modern music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Folk-rock group <a href="/wiki/Loudest_Whisper" title="Loudest Whisper">Loudest Whisper</a> recorded an album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Children_of_Lir_(Loudest_Whisper_album)" title="The Children of Lir (Loudest Whisper album)">The Children of Lir</a></i> based on a stage presentation of the legend in 1973–74.</li> <li>Folk metal-band <a href="/wiki/Cruachan_(band)" title="Cruachan (band)">Cruachan</a> published a song called <i>"Children of Lir"</i> on their album <i><a href="/wiki/Folk-Lore" title="Folk-Lore">Folk-Lore</a></i> in 2002.</li> <li>Pagan-metal group <a href="/wiki/Primordial_(band)" title="Primordial (band)">Primordial</a> wrote a song called <i>"Children of the Harvest"</i> based on the legend.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>"Children of Lir"</i> is a song depicting the legend sung by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sora_(singer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sora (singer) (page does not exist)">Sora</a> in her album <i>Heartwood</i>.</li> <li>Mary McLaughlin has an album <i>Daughter of Lír</i> on which there are two songs dealing with this legend, <i>"Fionnuala's Song"</i> and <i>"The Children of Lir"</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor" title="Sinéad O'Connor">Sinéad O'Connor</a>'s song "A Perfect Indian" from the album <i><a href="/wiki/Universal_Mother" title="Universal Mother">Universal Mother</a></i> contains references to "Lir's children".</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sculpture">Sculpture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sculpture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A statue of the Children of Lir, created by the sculptor <a href="/wiki/Ois%C3%ADn_Kelly" title="Oisín Kelly">Oisin Kelly</a> and cast by <a href="/wiki/Ferdinando_Marinelli_Artistic_Foundry" title="Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry">Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry</a> of <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, Italy, is in the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Remembrance_(Dublin)" title="Garden of Remembrance (Dublin)">Garden of Remembrance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parnell_Square" title="Parnell Square">Parnell Square</a> in Dublin, Ireland. It symbolises the rebirth of the Irish nation following 900 years of struggle for independence from England and, later, the United Kingdom, much as the swans were "reborn" following 900 years.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Another statue depicting the legend is located in the central triangular green of the village of <a href="/wiki/Castlepollard" title="Castlepollard">Castlepollard</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Westmeath" title="County Westmeath">County Westmeath</a>, some three-miles northeast of <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derravaragh" title="Lough Derravaragh">Lough Derravaragh</a>. A plaque outlines the famous story in several languages.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A sculpture of the Children of Lir is situated in <a href="/wiki/Ballycastle,_County_Antrim" title="Ballycastle, County Antrim">Ballycastle, County Antrim</a>, close to the beach on the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Moyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea of Moyle">Sea of Moyle</a>, where the children were cursed to spend 300 years.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stained_Glass">Stained Glass</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stained Glass"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_Geddes" title="Wilhelmina Geddes">Wilhelmina Geddes</a> (Irish Artist 1887–1955). Stained Glass staircase window of eight panels commissioned by Belfast City Council Libraries, Museums and Art Committee 2 September 1929, completed March 1930. Currently located in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, not on display.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kennedy_(folklorist)" title="Patrick Kennedy (folklorist)">Patrick Kennedy (folklorist)</a> adapted the tale as <i>The Four Swans</i> in <i>The Bardic Stories of Ireland</i> (1871).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P.W._Joyce" class="mw-redirect" title="P.W. Joyce">P.W. Joyce</a> (1827-1914) published the tale in his <i>Old Celtic Romances</i>, London: David Nutt, 1879</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hyde" title="Douglas Hyde">Douglas Hyde</a> (1860-1949) published a translation in his <i>Three Sorrows of Storytelling</i>, London: Unwin Fisher, 1895</li> <li>Thomas Wentworth Higginson adapted the legend as <i>The Swan-Children of Lir</i>, in <i>Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic</i> (1898).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The legend was published as <i>The Doom of the Children of Lir</i> in <i>The true annals of fairy-land: the reign of King Herla</i> (1900).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Tynan" title="Katharine Tynan">Katharine Tynan</a>, b. 1859 d. 1931, published the poem '<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/tynan/poems/poems.html#p14">The Children of Lir</a>' in 1907 as part of a collection entitled 'Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by WB Yeats'.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T.W._Rolleston" class="mw-redirect" title="T.W. Rolleston">T.W. Rolleston</a> (1857-1920) included the tale in his <i>Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race</i>, London: Harrap, 1911</li> <li>The story was retold as <i>The Four White Swans</i> in a 1916 publication.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_C._Hackett" title="Walter C. Hackett">Walter C. Hackett</a> wrote a modern retelling of the tale of the Children of Lir in <i>The Swans of Ballycastle</i>, illustrated by Bettina, published by Ariel Books, Farrar, Straus & Young Inc., New York, 1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Sullivan" title="Deirdre Sullivan">Deirdre Sullivan</a> wrote <i>Savage Her Reply</i>, a version of the fable from the perspective of the stepmother, illustrated by Karen Vaughan, published by Little Island, Poland, 2020.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Daughters_of_%C3%86gir_and_R%C3%A1n" title="Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán">Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán</a>, children of two parents who personify the sea in North Germanic sources</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullynally_Castle" title="Tullynally Castle">Tullynally Castle</a>, suggested as the location of Lir's castle because of its proximity to <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derravaragh" title="Lough Derravaragh">Lough Derravaragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_O%27Shea" title="Natalia O'Shea">Natalia O'Shea</a>, vocalist and harpist, lead of the Russian Celtic-folk band named Clann Lir (the Family of Lir)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lake of the Oaks, <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derravaragh" title="Lough Derravaragh">Loch Derryvaragh</a>.(<a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>, note 29, p.84)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Sruth na Maoilé</i> aka <i>Sruthar na Maoilé Chinntiré</i>, the strong current near the <a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre" title="Mull of Kintyre">Mull of Cantire</a>, see <a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Moyle" class="mw-redirect" title="Straits of Moyle">Straits of Moyle</a>.(<a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>, note 33 pp.84-5)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Iorrus Domnann</i>, now known as <a href="/wiki/Erris" title="Erris">Erris</a> in County Mayo; <i>Inis Gluairé</i>, "Glory Island", in the Bay of Erris, County Mayo. (<a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>, note 34, 35, 36 p.85)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/River_Bann" title="River Bann">River Bann</a>, (<a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>, note 51 p.87)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jacobs" title="Joseph Jacobs">Joseph Jacobs</a> was of the notion the tale of "The Swan Children" was an independent folktale that was inserted into the <i>Tuatha de Dannan</i> cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMacKillop2004" class="citation cs2">MacKillop, James, ed. (2004), "Oidheadh Chlainne Lir", <i>A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology</i>, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facref%2F9780198609674.001.0001">10.1093/acref/9780198609674.001.0001</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780198609674" title="Special:BookSources/9780198609674"><bdi>9780198609674</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=A+Dictionary+of+Celtic+Mythology&rft.atitle=Oidheadh+Chlainne+Lir&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Facref%2F9780198609674.001.0001&rft.isbn=9780198609674&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBreatnach1999" class="citation cs2">Breatnach, Caoimhín (1999), "The Religious Significance of Oidheadh Chloinne Lir", <i>Ériu</i>, <b>50</b>: 1–40, <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30007727">30007727</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=%C3%89riu&rft.atitle=The+Religious+Significance+of+Oidheadh+Chloinne+Lir&rft.volume=50&rft.pages=1-40&rft.date=1999&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F30007727%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Breatnach&rft.aufirst=Caoimh%C3%ADn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translations">Translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDuffy1883" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Duffy, Richard J., ed. (1883), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oieloinnelirfate00oduf"><i>Oidhe chloinne Lir: The fate of the children of Lir</i></a> (in Irish and English)</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Oidhe+chloinne+Lir%3A+The+fate+of+the+children+of+Lir&rft.date=1883&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foieloinnelirfate00oduf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span>, revision of (<a href="#CITEREFO'Curry1863">O'Curry 1863</a>) <ul><li>Online HTML e-text edition via CELT: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G300014/">gaelic</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T300014/">english</a></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLady_Gregory1904" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Lady_Gregory" class="mw-redirect" title="Augusta, Lady Gregory">Lady Gregory, Augusta</a> (1904), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/godsfightingmens00gregrich#page/140/mode/2up">"(Part I 'The Gods' : Book V) The Fate of the Children of Lir"</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/godsfightingmens00gregrich"><i>Gods and fighting men: the story of the Tuatha de Danann and of the Fiana of Ireland</i></a>, pp. 140–158</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=%28Part+I+%27The+Gods%27+%3A+Book+V%29+The+Fate+of+the+Children+of+Lir&rft.btitle=Gods+and+fighting+men%3A+the+story+of+the+Tuatha+de+Danann+and+of+the+Fiana+of+Ireland&rft.pages=140-158&rft.date=1904&rft.aulast=Lady+Gregory&rft.aufirst=Augusta&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fgodsfightingmens00gregrich%23page%2F140%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJacobs1895" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jacobs" title="Joseph Jacobs">Jacobs, Joseph</a> (1895), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/morecelticfairyt00jaco#page/n19/mode/2up">"The Fate of the Children of Lir"</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/morecelticfairyt00jaco"><i>More Celtic Fairy Tales</i></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Fate+of+the+Children+of+Lir&rft.btitle=More+Celtic+Fairy+Tales&rft.date=1895&rft.aulast=Jacobs&rft.aufirst=Joseph&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fmorecelticfairyt00jaco%23page%2Fn19%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoyce1920" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Weston_Joyce" title="Patrick Weston Joyce">Joyce, P.W.</a> (1920), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/oldcelticromance00joyciala#page/n25/mode/2up">"The Fate of the Children of Lir; or, The Four White Swans"</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oldcelticromance00joyciala"><i>Old Celtic Romances</i></a>, pp. 1–36</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Fate+of+the+Children+of+Lir%3B+or%2C+The+Four+White+Swans&rft.btitle=Old+Celtic+Romances&rft.pages=1-36&rft.date=1920&rft.aulast=Joyce&rft.aufirst=P.W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Foldcelticromance00joyciala%23page%2Fn25%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Curry1863" class="citation cs2">O'Curry, Eugene, ed. (1863), "The "Trí thruaighe na scéalaigheachta" (i.e. the 'Three most sorrowful tales',) of Erinn. II. "The fate of the children of Lir"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>", <i>The Atlantis</i>, <b>4</b>: 113–157</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Atlantis&rft.atitle=The+%22Tr%C3%AD+thruaighe+na+sc%C3%A9alaigheachta%22+%28i.e.+the+%27Three+most+sorrowful+tales%27%2C%29+of+Erinn.+II.+%22The+fate+of+the+children+of+Lir%22&rft.volume=4&rft.pages=113-157&rft.date=1863&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Faolain1954" class="citation cs2">O'Faolain, Eileen (1954), <i>Irish Sagas and Folktales</i>, Oxford University Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Irish+Sagas+and+Folktales&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1954&rft.aulast=O%27Faolain&rft.aufirst=Eileen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children_of_Lir&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entry_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir''-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entry_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir''_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMacKillop2004">MacKillop 2004</a>, Entry for <i>Oidheadh Chlainne Lir</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-van1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-van1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-van1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://vanhamel.nl/codecs/Oidheadh_chloinne_Lir">"Oidheadh chloinne Lir"</a>, <i>vanhamel.nl</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=vanhamel.nl&rft.atitle=Oidheadh+chloinne+Lir&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvanhamel.nl%2Fcodecs%2FOidheadh_chloinne_Lir&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entries_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir'',_''Trí_Truagha_na_Sgéalaigheachta''-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacKillop2004Entries_for_''Oidheadh_Chlainne_Lir'',_''Trí_Truagha_na_Sgéalaigheachta''_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMacKillop2004">MacKillop 2004</a>, Entries for <i>Oidheadh Chlainne Lir</i>, <i>Trí Truagha na Sgéalaigheachta</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBreatnach19991-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBreatnach19991_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBreatnach1999">Breatnach 1999</a>, p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Sorrowful-Tales-Erinn-Scéalaigheachta/dp/B08XGSTJ4M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=three+sorrowful+tales&qid=1615110048&s=books&sr=1-1"><i>The Three Sorrowful Tales of Erinn</i></a>. Independently published. 23 February 2021. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9798712106042" title="Special:BookSources/9798712106042"><bdi>9798712106042</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Three+Sorrowful+Tales+of+Erinn&rft.pub=Independently+published&rft.date=2021-02-23&rft.isbn=9798712106042&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FThree-Sorrowful-Tales-Erinn-Sc%C3%A9alaigheachta%2Fdp%2FB08XGSTJ4M%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fdchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dthree%2Bsorrowful%2Btales%26qid%3D1615110048%26s%3Dbooks%26sr%3D1-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDuffy1883vii-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDuffy1883vii_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDuffy1883">Duffy 1883</a>, p. vii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristiansen1959" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Reidar_Thoralf_Christiansen" title="Reidar Thoralf Christiansen">Christiansen, Reidar Th.</a> (1959). <i>Studies in Irish and Scandinavian Folktales</i>. Copenhagen Rosenkilde and Bagger. p. 29. <q>The famous Irish tale of The Children of Lir is in some way related to the tale of The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers (MT [Märchentypus] 451), known both in Irish and Nordic versions.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Studies+in+Irish+and+Scandinavian+Folktales&rft.pages=29&rft.pub=Copenhagen+Rosenkilde+and+Bagger&rft.date=1959&rft.aulast=Christiansen&rft.aufirst=Reidar+Th.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChildren+of+Lir" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoseph_JAcobs1895" class="citation book cs1">Joseph JAcobs, ed. 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title="Cethlenn">Cethlenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cichol_Gricenchos" title="Cichol Gricenchos">Cichol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conand_(mythology)" title="Conand (mythology)">Conand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elatha" title="Elatha">Elatha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethniu" title="Ethniu">Ethniu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tethra" title="Tethra">Tethra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#c1e6c1;;width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cailleach" title="Cailleach">Caillech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carman" title="Carman">Carman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crom_Cruach" title="Crom Cruach">Crom Cruach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donn" title="Donn">Donn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mug_Ruith" title="Mug Ruith">Mug Ruith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tailtiu" title="Tailtiu">Tailtiu</a></li> <li><a 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