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The Children of Lir. #childrenoflir #ballycastle #causewaycoast #northernireland #ireland #irishmythology #sculpture #publicart #coastalart #legend #irishlegend #flyingbirds #swans #art #smartphonephotography #photography

A metal sculpture on the Ballycastle seafront depicting the Children of Lir. Three stylized white swans are shown in flight, mounted on two long, arcing silver metal poles that curve upwards and to the right. The sculpture is set against a clear blue sky, with a rocky shoreline and the sea in the foreground. In the distance, the prominent headland of Fair Head can be seen.

Flight of the Swans. #ChildrenofLir #Ballycastle #IrishMythology #SwanSculpture #PublicArt #Ireland #MetalArt #MythAndLegend #ArtInTheCity #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Symbolism #IrishArt #Storytelling #SculpturePhotography #smartphonephotography #photography

#MythologyMonday: `#Aoife transformed the Children of Lir into swans, cursing them to remain so for 900 years. Even the magic of her foster father Bodb Derg was not enough to undo the damage—although he turned his foster daughter into a demon of the air (in some versions, a crane) in retaliation for her action. But the #ChildrenOfLir were left as swans with human emotions and human voices to sing of their woes.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

Children of Lir, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

Garden of Remembrance, Dublin. #Bronze #monument #ChildrenOfLir #IrishMyth #IrishLegend #swans #Commemoration #OisínKelly #Sculpture #Remembrance #GardenOfRemembrance #TheFallen #Mastodaoine

Bronze monument depicting Children of Lir transforming from rising swans to fallen humans. A tricolour behind with trees.

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A life of luxury shattered in an instant. Can a girl protect her brothers when they’re trapped in a centuries-long curse?

Pre-Celtic Ireland. Fae princess Fionnuala lives and breathes family. So after her mother dies giving birth and her father turns to drink, she shoulders the responsibility of running the household. But she’s shocked when her sire's new wife seethes with jealousy and bedevils her stepchildren with sorcery.

Caught in the rage-fueled magic, the dutiful daughter despairs when she and her siblings transform into swans. And though she fights back, her soul weeps to learn their torment will last nine hundred years.

Can the determined lass keep the four of them sane and rewrite their tragic fate?

Start reading The Enchanted Swans to defeat evil today!

#FairyTale #FairyTaleRetelling #IrishMythology #Ireland #IndieAuthor #ChildrenOfLir #HistoricalFantasy #FantasyBooks #books #bookNerd #bookstadon #BookLovers

Book cover with three white feathers, magical sparkles, and Celtic knotwork

Heading Northside across the Millennium Bridge, we were stopped by the sight of swans making their way up the Liffey. City magic. #Swans #MillenniumBridge #Dublin #Ireland #Mastodaoine #ChildrenOfLir #NightInTheCity #photography #foto #photo #fotografie

City river at night. Street and building lights along the quays in background. A bridge crosses the river and the image. In the black water reflecting the city lights, a number of white swans float.

Local historian Michelle O Mahony and her fascinating post on the myth of the Children of Lir and the Burial Place of the Swans at Allihies Co. Cork on the rugged and other worldly Beara Peninsula.
#History #Myths #ChildrenofLir #BearaWay #PureCork

https://omhistoryconsultant.ie/the-children-of-lir-allihies-co-cork/?fbclid=IwAR3PIjk7SXhA62xwZgBQP07dt9KGpDzMgse0IroUu9-C56HboYGkUUUM-pY

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