The Children of outlet Lir print

The Mythic Series:
T H E C H I L D R E N O F L I R
Print.

The creation of this print series is in the skillful care of a Local art Gallery owned by artists showcasing local Irish art in the heart of Tir Na Nog, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Here, each print is produced on heavy gauge watercolour paper with archival quality ink, artwork at scale 18" X 14.85" signed & numbered by the artist

Pricing £55.00 +shipping

each artwork will be sealed securely in eco friendly armour wrap and a protective postal tube, posted via standard mail.

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Many years ago in ancient Ireland lived a King and ruler of sea called Lir. He had a beautiful wife, called Eva, who gave him four children – Aodh, Fionn, Fiachra and Conn. When the children were young, their mother Eva died. Lir and children were mournful and King Lir wanted a new mother for his young sons and daughter, so he married Eva's sister Aoife who, it was said, possessed magical powers.

Aoife loved the children and Lir at first, but soon she became very jealous of the time that the King spent with children. One day, she took children to swim in a lake while the sun was hot in the sky. When they got there and the children took to the water, Aoife used her powers to cast a spell over the children, which would turn them all into beautiful swans.

She knew that if she killed the children, their ghosts would haunt her forever, so instead she cast this spell, forcing them to live as swans for 900 years; three hundred on Lake Derravaragh, three hundred on Straits of Moyle outlet, and three hundred more on Isle of Inish Glora. The spell would only be broken when the swans heard ringing of a bell, and arrival of St Patrick in Ireland.

But Aoife's spell had not taken away the children's voices, and so it was that the swans could sing such songs of beauty where ever they lived"

I look forward to watching this Legend Grow

Thank you
Caol



Caol