The Children of Lir (The second sorrow of Irish story-telling). For Kirstie.

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Brilliant.... I'm going to look up the book online. :)

Posted by Kirstie . on Tue 04 Oct 18:10:22

Thanks Kirstie.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 04 Oct 18:22:39

Beautiful Michael love the old Irish music and folklore

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Tue 04 Oct 19:00:54

Thanks Dennis.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 04 Oct 19:05:27

..and another good 'un!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Tue 04 Oct 19:54:01

Thanks Louise.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 04 Oct 20:11:41

Another super illustration Mick, I like the black and yellow together.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 04 Oct 20:41:18

Thanks Fiona.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 04 Oct 20:56:30

This is brilliant.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Wed 05 Oct 17:31:13

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 05 Oct 18:27:48

Hang on Studio Wall

04/10/2016

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Drawing ink. The children of Lir is a classic Irish story of four children who were turned into swans by their stepmother, Eva, to wander endlessly on the waters of Lough Derravaragh. Based on an illustration by Joan Kiddell-Monroe, in 'Irish Sagas and Folk-Tales', by Eileen O'Faolain. I chose this book as an English Language prize at school in 1961.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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