![]() ![]() Deoca, the princes of Munster (in the North) became betrothed to Lairgnen, of Connacht (in the South). On Erris Bay they were befriended by a hermit who taught them of Christianity. ![]() Although swans the children still had the gift of speech and music. Only then, and when a "woman of the South mated with a man of the North"would the curse end. They would spend three hundred years on the waters of Lake Derryvargah, three hundred on the Straits of Moyle (between Scotland and Ireland) and three hundred on the Atlantic by Erris and Inishglory. The servants refused and so Aoife transformed the children into white swans and laid a curse on them. Lir's second wife, Aoife was jealous of the children and ordered her servants to kill them. ![]() Lir was the father of the sea god Manannan. The most famous instance of swan changing in Celtic mythology is that of the Children of Lir. ![]() In some versions Polly is a hind rather than a swan. There is a completely different version of Peggy Bawn at this site.Ĭecil Sharp identified the changing of the woman to swan with Celtic mythology. Variants and alternate titles include At the Setting of the Sun, The Shooting of His Dear, Young Molly Ban (Ireland), Molly Banding (United States), Molly Bawn (Australia), and Molly Bond (Canada). The words, without music appear in "Vocal Companion" dated around 1772. This tune appears in Jamieson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1802) as Peggy Bawn. ![]()
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