Silver Oval Children of Lir Swan Pendant

The tragic tale of Aedh, Fichara, Conn, and Fionnuala—the four children of the legendary Irish lord Lir—is told in the Irish legend known as The Children of Lir. The children are cursed by their envious stepmother to transform into swans after the death of their mother. They suffer the brutality of nature for hundreds of years until the curse finally ends. The kids take on human shape once more, receive baptism from a priest, and then they fly up to their mother’s side in Heaven.

The struggle of the Irish people under British control is represented by the story of The Children of Lir. In Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance, a statue commemorating the achievement of Irish independence stands, representing the fable from long ago.