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The King of Ireland's Son

by Padraic Colum

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First published
1916
Pages
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Read by Don W. Jenkins · 5 h 56 min · 8 parts

  1. 01 - FEDELMA, THE ENCHANTER'S DAUGHTER

    62:10

  2. 02 - WHEN THE KING OF THE CATS CAME TO KING CONNAL'S DOMINION

    39:00

  3. 03 - THE SWORD OF LIGHT AND THE UNIQUE TALE Part 1

    61:42

  4. 04 - THE SWORD OF LIGHT AND THE UNIQUE TALE Part 2

    46:03

  5. 05 - THE TOWN OF THE RED CASTLE

    42:02

  6. 06 - THE KING OF THE LAND OF MIST

    19:48

  7. 07 - THE HOUSE OF CROM DUV

    56:47

  8. 08 - THE SPAE WOMAN

    29:14

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A roadside card player interrupts the usual riding and hunting of King Connal's eldest son. The prince wins two wagers, bringing enchanted cattle to a castle field and a bear to the queen's supper room. His third game ends differently: the stranger demands that he find the stranger's dwelling and take three hairs from his beard within a year and a day. These bargains give Padraic Colum's tale a pattern of repeated encounters, magical rewards and mounting danger.

Published in 1916, the book combines prose storytelling with songs and draws on the fairy tales and folklore of Ireland. Another passage follows Sheen, whose encounter with wild stallions leads to a rescue by the Hunter-King after she falls into a river. Later, she keeps watch beside his body, spinning thread as candles burn around her. The sudden darkness turns this household scene uncanny. Readers can explore a world where royal concerns, simple tasks and supernatural events belong to the same story.

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Padraic Colum

Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was an Irish writer who worked as a poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore, also writing for children and teaching at university. He is associated with the Irish Literary Revival.

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Book facts

First published
1916
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
124
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Don W. Jenkins