School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 338
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- There were two men of the Fiana named Finn and Oisin. They often spent many months hunting around the hill of Uisneach. One day while resting there they saw a beautiful princess approaching them on a beautiful white horse. She stopped when she met them and said to Oisin "I have heard you are a great warrior, will you come with me to Tír na nóg"
Oisin said he would and he mounted the horse behind the lady. Immediately the horse mounted into the air and flew across land and sea to Tír na nóg. There Oisin and the prince were married. They were always young and always happy and hundreds of years slipped by and they never noticed it.
At last Oisin got a longing to return to see his own people. The princess gave him her own lovely horse to travel on. He found on his return that all his friends were dead and he was very sad. He was about to return home when he met some men trying to lift a huge rock. They asked Oisin to help(continues on next page)
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- Christy Scally
- Gender
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