The Last of the Fianna

At a time between when the new Christian God is taking over from the older Celtic ones, Colum is taken to Tir na nOg where he meets the legendary Oisin. In bringing Colum back, Oisin is forced to face what Tir na nOg has allowed him to ignore. This has the wonderful simplicity and often brilliant clarity of a well-told legend. The creation of the magical journey to Tir na nOg and the land itself has a lovely imaginative freshness and the return to the real world is a sharp and poignant contrast. The final juxtaposition of the two worlds, the two ages is very effective: the one, magically colourful, the other, less brilliant but more solidly ours. It's an easy read, lovely for reading aloud or losing yourself in, quietly.