Irish legends and folktales
Explore legends and folktales from Ireland, including stories associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill, Oisín and Tír na nÓg. PillowTales adapts the storytelling experience for bedtime and supports seven languages.
Key moments in each traditional tale are brought to life with story-specific illustrations.
Read or listen in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Japanese or Arabic.
Vocabulary, pacing and storytelling complexity adapt to the child's age and developmental stage, using Oxford Reading Tree levels as a reading benchmark where appropriate.
The parent chooses the story and reading or narration experience; the story and imagination stay at the centre.
Discover Irish storytelling
Ireland's Story World brings together legends and folktales associated with heroes, magical places, transformation, loyalty and adventure.
Stories you can discover
Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge
A famous Irish legend about wisdom, destiny and the young Fionn.
Oisín and Tír na nÓg
A journey to the legendary Land of Youth and one of Ireland's best-known otherworld tales.
The Children of Lir
A story of family, transformation and endurance from Irish tradition.
Setanta and the Hound of Culann
The childhood story connected with the hero later known as Cú Chulainn.
Fair, Brown and Trembling
An Irish Cinderella-type folktale collected in the nineteenth-century folklore tradition.
Made for bedtime
Families can read or listen in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Japanese or Arabic, with reading and narration languages selected independently. Storytelling complexity adapts to the child's age from 1–12.